Women with kids play catch up with wages
Georgia Straight
March 26, 2009
By Pieta Woolley

If you’re a woman, having kids will cost you. As in, your paycheque could be as much as 30 percent less at age 40….

…. “Physiologically, we have the children,” Earthy told the Straight, noting that’s why having babies may disproportionately impact women. “But there’s still a long way to go within the corporate world to support work-life balance.”….

 “I think that anyone who steps out of the workforce for three years or more are going to be playing catch-up when it comes to wages,” she said. Martin added that she’d like to know what kind of wage impact men who stay home with kids experience, to decide whether this is truly a gender issue. “But I don’t think that one should be penalized for having a family.”….

So can corporate culture, they claim. In November 2008, a 10,000-working-mom survey was conducted by momcafé, Martin Group International, and Connect Moms. They found that, overwhelmingly, moms returning to the workforce are looking for two things: flexibility in terms of work hours and ability to work from home (which, of course has a trust element to it), and supportive leadership….