NCT Watch

The following motion on part-time pay penalty for mothers was lodged in the Scottish Parliament by John Wilson on 28th February 2008.

That the Parliament notes with concern the article Part-time pay penalty for mothers which appeared in the Economic Journal which found that women who return to work after having a child are often faced with drastic pay cuts when they return for part-time employment; notes that six million women in the United Kingdom are currently working part time and that those part-time hourly earnings are 26% lower than full-time earnings, and believes that more can be done to ensure that mothers returning to work are entitled to equal pay in comparison to their full-time associates.