tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142717997793169060.post4219377599611915368..comments2023-09-20T11:07:01.915-04:00Comments on Frederick Politics: Equal Pay for Equal Work 2008Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142717997793169060.post-34517181071791494432008-05-16T13:42:00.000-04:002008-05-16T13:42:00.000-04:00Sorry for the delay in publishing your comment - w...Sorry for the delay in publishing your comment - we experienced a software glitch over the last 24 hrs. <BR/><BR/>Interestingly, as a male administrator for county government 30 years ago, I advocated that day care be provided by larger employers and government agencies on site. I also felt this should be offered as a employee benefit. This could also be easily be done at Malls and Shopping Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142717997793169060.post-67375482510847685662008-05-15T12:37:00.000-04:002008-05-15T12:37:00.000-04:00Equal pay is one thing holding women back, but I a...Equal pay is one thing holding women back, but I also think it's a struggling balance with work and family. There are still companies, the ones that do not have to abide by the FMLA, that are not all that accomodating when a child is sick or a daycare provider is sick. It leaves a lot of families struggling on doing the best for the family while trying to hold onto that job.<BR/><BR/>The otherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142717997793169060.post-15873011277100652452008-05-14T17:10:00.000-04:002008-05-14T17:10:00.000-04:00I do not think that one can account for the lack o...I do not think that one can account for the lack of equal pay between men and women solely because of actions by the employees. I think a lot of this is employer bias, simply believing that men are worth more. This is a free market and if employers are paying me more, then on some level they believe men are worth more. Why else pay women and men doing the same exact job at different pay rates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com