Figures. What Started Out for Women, Men Now Love, Too
Pretty funny. All this time we thought flextime was great because its aim was to help us balance careers and home life. But like just about everything else in the work world, flextime works better for men than for women, a new study has found. In fact, it may even have an impact on the gender pay gap, as well, reports newswise.com. Researchers found a considerable 'gender gap' in the income gained through schedule control (having autonomy over working hours), the web site notes. "Both men and women gain additional income when using schedule control mediated via overtime hours," it says. "However, women, even full-time working women, do not reap the direct benefit men do in terms of income gains. In fact, the research suggests schedule control may potentially increase the gender pay gap." The researchers found that this gender discrepancy exists even when they took into account the gender segregation of the labor market, i.e., sectors and occ...