PwC study: 18-year-old women starting work today will not see pay equality in their careers

'Motherhood penalty'

Eve Maddock-Jones
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The loss of lifetime earnings women are hit with when raising children has been coined 'the motherhood penalty' and has become the "most significant driver to the gender pay gap", according to PwC.

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