The gender wage gap for working parents is depressingly large
Erika*, a mother of two who works in finance, said she's always been ambitious in both her personal and professional life. She didn't think the two were mutually exclusive until she decided to have her first baby at age 28.
When Erika later left that job, the manager position she had held was upgraded to a"senior manager" role, with higher pay but the same level of tasks and responsibilities she had performed, both before and after her maternity leave. Stories like Erika's and Christine's are exceedingly common. One woman who got in touch with HuffPost Canada said her position was dissolved while she was on maternity leave, and she had to take a $5,000 pay cut for a new position when she returned. Another was told she was being replaced by a woman who was"out of her childbearing years." A third said she was let go as soon as she returned from her mat leave.
The parent whose career has become less essential, financially, is bearing the brunt of that for the family.
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