https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/tag/salary/ L’altra metà del Sole Thu, 07 May 2026 05:00:18 +0000 https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/2024/01/30/job-quality/ Tue, 30 Jan 2024 13:00:39 +0000 English https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/category/english/ becoming a mother affect career prospects and the general wellbeing of women? How much does it drive their choices and fuel the gender pay gap? For years now, it has been acknowledged that, generally, female workers with children follow a very different path than the men who become fathers. They experience setbacks regarding job opportunities, salary, type of contract offered, and number of hours worked. Mothers are penalised by the lack of direct and practical support in raising their sons/daughters (the village that helped parents to care for the younger ones is long gone); by the widespread culture that...]]> 68178 https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/2024/01/16/living-parents/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 13:00:02 +0000 English https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/category/english/ moving back to their parents' homes – if they ever left. Suffering the consequences of the 2008 financial crisis first and affected by the sudden economic contraction resulting from the pandemic later, many young adults cannot afford rent. Let alone consider saving to buy a house in a reasonably short period. Most studies agree that the main reason for what is seen as a growing trend is financial. Wages have slowly increased in the decades, but rent, utilities, and even the prices of simple commodities have, in some cases, skyrocketed. The...]]> 68110 https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/2022/10/04/minimum-wages-eu/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 05:00:30 +0000 English https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/category/english/ Dutch represents the highest jump on the continent so far, many other member states are intervening, following the European directive on minimum salaries (proposed by the Commission and approved by the EU Parliament on 14th September.) In his speech from the throne on Prinsjesdag (or budget day) - the annual address to the Parliament to set the main features of government policy for the coming...]]> 58075