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From: syslab@ihuxn.UUCP (g.v.  stoneberg)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Equal pay for comparable work
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Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 13:39:40 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 26 13:39:40 1985
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> > cogs, this isn't a big problem.  But in a small operation, such as a DP shop
> > I once consulted for with 2 application programmers, both female, and one
> > operator, female, all married, the DP director damn well KNEW that off and
> > on he would be down HALF his programming force for a few months or years;
> > or ALL of his operations staff.  And he knew that if he hired replacements,
> > he'd find himself 50% or 100% OVER BUDGET on staff when the one on 
> > maternity leave came back.  This is a serious problem for a small operation
> > (and an awful lot of the jobs are at small companies, there are so many of
> > them!).
> 

	Bull ---- 

	Thats where Key services, Kelly Girl, Man Power and hundreds of other
temporary personnel services make their money.

	While working for Oak Industries the secretary to the head of
production took time off to have a child and raise it, she was off 
for 24 months before she felt that she wanted to return to work.
During that interval there were 3 temprorary workers brought in in
succession to do her job. Work flowed smoothly, No one had to be hired
to fill the spot and when she returned her job was waiting for her
and the company had actually managed to save money because the cost
of the tempy had not involved as much overhead as a full or even 
part time employee.

	If anyone seriously cares to argue that men can't be replaced
as easily to perform as parent I think that they will see that a good
contract house can provide a more than qualified replacement with no
effort other than perhaps sorting though all the choices available.
This then makes it very easy for men to assume part of the burden/role
of having children and they can as soon as society begins to realize
that all children born today have (somewhere) 2 (TWO) parents without
either one of which there would have been no child to worry about 
raising.

Jeanette L.Zobjeck

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