Makes sense tbh. Statistically there are more men working extra hours than women, given the time that the latter need to dedicate to pregnancy/post-labor. So average salary gap numbers will reflect both actual cases of discrimination and also performance/dedication-based differences. Corporate HR departments cannot magically disentangle the two of those from their multiple business units (as extra hours / overall dedication are not necesarilly easily tracked), so they need to make broad adjustments. Given a fixed personel budget, its easier to lower average salaries to comply with policy
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Makes sense tbh. Statistically there are more men working extra hours than women, given the time that the latter need to dedicate to pregnancy/post-labor. So average salary gap numbers will reflect both actual cases of discrimination and also performance/dedication-based differences. Corporate HR departments cannot magically disentangle the two of those from their multiple business units (as extra hours / overall dedication are not necesarilly easily tracked), so they need to make broad adjustments. Given a fixed personel budget, its easier to lower average salaries to comply with policy