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Few have heard of the “motherhood penalty”, but working women often feel it – it can be prevented
A work environment that ensures equal opportunities for working parents is important for several reasons, says Marius Morkevičius, Adviser of the Discrimination Prevention and Communication Group of the Office of the Equal Opportunities Controller.
“When working in such an environment, the tension that often arises, how to balance workloads and personal life challenges, practically disappears or is reduced to a minimum. In such an environment, employees, regardless of gender or marital status, can use their potential and creativity, increase productivity, improve, and reach career heights. It is also directly related to greater loyalty to one’s workplace, and more importantly, better mental health,” says M. Morkevičius.
Unfortunately, according to M. Morkevičius, many working women still experience difficulties balancing work and family.
“For example, a survey commissioned by us a few years ago showed that even 65 percent women feel constant guilt, tension, stress, self-loathing, combining professional and family obligations. There are reasons for this. According to the research of the latest European Gender Equality Index, 65% of Lithuanians spend daily time on housework and cooking. women and only 29 percent. men,” says the expert.
Compared to 2016, the involvement of men in the care of children and other relatives in the country not only did not increase, but also fell, says M. Morkevičius, and the average income of men is still almost 14 percent. larger than women.
It is important to take multifaceted measures
M. Morkevičius says that employers can contribute to a positive change by creating a work culture that does not support gender stereotypes.
“In other words, they can promote awareness that both moms and dads and their needs can be different.” Foster a respectful environment, support initiatives that involve fathers in parental leave. Also, pay attention to the topics of gender equality: reducing the wage gap, preventing sexual violence,” says the expert.
According to M. Morkevičius, extremely effective measures to ensure the inclusion of working parents and equal opportunities for quality work can be a flexible work schedule, additional days off and financial incentives for raising children.
“It is also useful to advise team members before and after career breaks, to promote non-formal education of employees’ children and various benefits for family leisure and education. An increasingly popular initiative in companies and institutions – child care or breastfeeding rooms, kindergartens, children’s camps during school holidays. Most parents really need such an opportunity, because it reduces the stress of rushing to pick up their children at an educational institution after work,” says M. Morkevičius.
Has a special “Happy Parents” program
Sandra Daukšienė, head of people and culture at Philip Morris Baltic, says that ensuring a favorable environment for working parents is an investment in the long-term success of the organization and fostering an inclusive culture.
“We have combined all our measures for working parents into the “Happy Parents” program. We aim to ensure equal opportunities both for employees with children and for gender in general. Through various means, we help to successfully combine work with family needs, maintain contact with employees during childcare leave, reduce financial and career inequality, promote open communication and mutual assistance in the team,” says S. Daukšienė.
Employees of “Philip Morris Baltic” and “Philip Morris Lietuva” operating in Lithuania after paternity leave can work half-time for the first month, but receive full salary. In addition, working parents are helped by remote work opportunities provided by the company, flexible working hours and recommendations to avoid scheduling meetings at certain times of the day. Also, for the first months of parental leave, employees of Philip Morris companies are compensated for the difference between their former salary and the benefit received by the state.
“Also, during parental leave, our employees are reached by internal company communications and remain involved in the talent and compensation review processes.” This helps to protect employees from the so-called “motherhood penalty”, when parents who have returned from childcare leave receive less remuneration than former employees or lag behind in climbing the career ladder”, says S. Daukšienė.
She continues that it is very important to take care of the comfort of the employees who are expecting a child. As a result, at Philip Morris companies, they and their teams and managers are encouraged to communicate openly to find the optimal workload or schedule.
“Of course, the employer must take care that all employees – whether they have children or not – are evaluated objectively in the company, based only on their professional activities. As a result, we constantly educate managers and employees on how to recognize stereotypes in our thinking and decision-making process and eliminate them,” emphasizes S. Daukšienė.
Cases of discrimination in the Lithuanian labor market
According to M. Morkevičius, one of the topics that people consult with the Office of the Equal Opportunities Controller is difficulties in returning to work after maternity/paternity leave.
“For example, if a woman stays on childcare leave for a long time, her work skills are often affected, her qualifications are reduced. It becomes more difficult to return to the labor market, to please the employer, and there may be pressure to leave the workplace. There is fear about finding a new job with a small child, about the future, loans, etc.,” says an expert from the Office of the Equal Opportunities Controller.
Another topic is incorrect questions during a job interview. Candidates are asked about their marital status, children they have, whether children will prevent them from going on business trips, whether responsibilities are shared in the family.
“However, we must note that the inquiries we receive do not reflect the real situation. In rare cases, people tend not to complain, especially in public, because they are afraid of receiving negative consequences, this is also very relevant in smaller towns,” the expert notes.
When faced with possible discrimination, M. Morkevičius urges you to always be active and not to be afraid to consult with the Office of the Equal Opportunities Controller, the State Labor Inspectorate or other responsible institutions.
Few have heard of the “motherhood penalty”, but working women often feel it – it can be prevented
Brotherhood of Blood Donors visits Primary School to promote Blood Donation Awareness
Yesterday the Fifth and Sixth Primary School in the Juan Ramón Ramírez school attended a speech given by the Fraternity of Blood Donors within the PAS Project, Learning and Service, in which school children will get to know they give to the community later.
In this way, the students learned the importance of donating blood to save lives and learned about the donation process. Joaquín Salvador, representative of the Brotherhood of Blood Donors in La Roda, says “in these discussions we tell them that from now on, they are promoters of blood donation so they can put it on on to the environment of their family and friends. .” parents of donor age.
In La Roda, the Brotherhood of Blood Donors has given this speech in four educational institutions, the CEIP Juan Ramón Ramírez, the CEIP Purificación Escribano, CEIP Tomás Navarro Tomás and Dr. IES Alarcón Santón.
For Ángela López, president of the Brotherhood of Blood Donors, “children at this age are like sponges and absorb everything. They are very important transplant elements because their parents, who are in the middle age of the donors. “The children can’t donate, but they learn quickly and take the message home effectively. “
In La Roda, at the end of 2023, there have been 1,300 blood donations. Another famous figure, which indicates Juan Gabriel Murcia, a promotion member of the Brotherhood of Blood Donors, is “the annual number of new members, which in La Roda is between 40 and 60.”
The Association of Blood Donors encourages all Rodenses to attend the next blood donation in La Roda, which will be this Monday, May 6, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm, at the Caja Blanca . They specifically ask for “the collaboration of young people to guarantee generational change.”
2024-05-03 19:06:59
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