For example, the Trades Union Congress (think AFL-CIO to Americans) regularly fulminates about the gender pay gap. And one of the reasons there is a gender pay gap is because of the existence of maternity pay. So, raising the pay due to maternity could well lead to an increase in the gender pay gap. So, if we're to extend that time by making maternity pay better then we're going to be increasing that gender pay gap too. The TUC really is arguing that they want to increase the gender pay gap by making maternity pay higher.

Source: Forbes March 26, 2017 09:11 UTC