BBC headline: Mothers suffering 'pay penalty' at work, report suggests. Alternative headline: people who work part-time earn less than people who work full-time.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42939584 …
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"Linked to experience". In other words, even taking part time into consideration, still paid less.
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Right, to confirm: my daughter and I work 20 hours a week. I'm an accountant, she's a waitress/barmaid. I earn more than her. A bloke doing either of our jobs with the same quallies for the same hours earns more than that.
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Why would that be the case?
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Exactly!
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Yes, exactly. When I was pregnant and working my 80/100 hour weeks a guy that worked there said to my office manager "how do you know she's working these hours?" even though...
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A) how the fuck was he seeing my time slip to even make this comment and
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B) the place had security and an alarm and the security people took me home at four in the morning a lot of the time so I had proof but wtf a lazy arse who finished at 4pm was slagging me off.
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Are you saying all part time workers should be on the same rate?
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They should be on the same hourly rate as a full time worker with the same experience.
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That wasn't a question for you, but yes.
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Words have meanings Julia, it's easiest
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Julia, people don't believe my hours and pay rate unless I show them payslips (which I legally don't have to be given) but they believe you with none of that. Why, Julia, why?!
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