📝 Module 7 Section 2 - Exercise 16

But it turns out that long maternity breaks have unintended consequences. Time away from the labour market reduces women's earning power, as their skills degrade and they miss chances to gain experience and win promotion. Moving into senior management becomes particularly hard, partly because of discrimination by bosses and hiring committees, who reject candidates they think may be away a lot, and partly because many high-level jobs are hard to combine with serial leave-taking. And the effect is magnified when lengthy maternity leave is combined with policies to encourage part-time work, which tempt more women back into the labour force but help keep them in junior positions.
1. According to the writer, which TWO problems may be caused by 请选择 1 个答案
A. Women may be less effective at work after maternity leave.
B. Women may find it difficult to find suitable part-time work.
C. Women may find they are paid less for doing the same work.
D. Women's chances of professional advancement may be affected.
E. Women's pay may be insufficient to support them during maternity