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The EPA acts as a wage equalizer between men and women for equal jobs, and has the potential of acting as a price floor on the salaries of men or women for particular jobs. [20] Economists, such as Thomas Sowell have asserted the EPA causes unemployment, and additional discrimination against women by excluding them from the labor market. [21]
On average, combining paid work, household chores and caring for people, women work three hours a week more than men. In fact, the average women will work 54.4 hours a week, and the average man will only work 51.4 hours per week. Despite that, even with a higher educational level, women earn, on average, less than men do.
The usual pattern whereby men assign themselves more pay than women for comparable work might explain why men tend to initiate negotiations more than women. [ 177 ] In a study by psychologist Melissa Williams et al., published in 2010, study participants were given pairs of male and female first names, and asked to estimate their salaries.
Career expert Catherine Fisher notes that this unequal balance of responsibilities undoubtedly contributes to working women’s burnout level, which is 8% higher than men’s, according to recent ...
The 1981 law relating to equal treatment between men and women and the 1974 Grand-Ducal Regulation of relating to equal pay for men and women (Articles 1, 2, 3(1), 3(2) and 4) Malta The Constitution (Article 14) and the Equality for Men and Women Act Netherlands The Constitution (Article 1) and the 1994 Law on Equal Treatment Norway
Although men spend more time in paid work, women still spend more time, in general, doing both paid and unpaid work. The numbers are 482.5 minutes per day for women and 454.4 minutes per day for men. [71] These statistics show us that there is a double burden for women.
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Women's work and therefore women themselves can be "rendered invisible" in situations in which women's work is a supportive role to "men's work". [8] For example, in peace negotiations , terms and language used may refer to ' combatants ' to indicate the army in question. [ 8 ]