Working Mothers Getting Privileges: is it Bias or Equity?

The Australian feminist Germaine Greer said once: “Most women still
need a room of their own, and the only way to find it may be outside
their own homes.”
All employees, regardless of their marital status, desire a number of
benefits more than simply being well-paid, myself included. It is not
about the employee being a mother, a father, a female, a male, or even
an elderly person, it is all about being sensitive to individual human
needs.
A good example for such needs is the Russian military officer who filed
a case in the European Court of Human Rights regarding being denied
maternity leave after his wife died during childbirth and he has no one
to take care of the baby.
Today, I am going to discuss 3 main privileges that would make working
mothers’ lives easier without affecting the work flow and productivity.

First: Flexible Work Schedules

According to studies, flexible work arrangements leads to positive
outcomes for employees and employers as it contributes to better
mental health, reductions in stress, loyalty, innovation, creativity and
productivity. In addition to that, working from home and flexible work
arrangements proved to be effective and became the champion of our
COVID-19 times. So, providing such flexibility makes it easier for moms
and achieve benefits for the institution.

Second: Unlimited Paid Time Off

At first blush, such privilege would seem rather irrational for other
employees who think that it is not fair for them to be trapped with
these moms' tasks while they are on leave. But that is not the case. The
idea refers to being allowed to take time off whenever needed without
any imposed limits on vacation days as long as the working mother will
accomplish the required tasks sooner or later subject to deadlines. Such
privilege will motivate working mothers to the point of accomplishing
much more work before going on leave.

Third: Personal Perks

It refers to benefits that are related to family care. Offering personal
perks to working mothers shows that the company is taking care of
mothers and none of their efforts will go unnoticed which will motivate
them and raise job satisfaction which will lead to amazing performance.

Here I would like to present two examples of working mothers who

worked with me in my previous job.
The first mother used to be a hard-worker. She didn’t take a day off
unless severely needed although she got no support from her mother
or mother in law. All her work was done perfectly and on time. On the
other hand, the other mother used to be nagging all day long about
going home early, almost every day, even though she got the support
of her mother and a hired nanny. To conclude, it is not about being a
mother, it is about the personality of the employee.

To sum up, granting mothers privileges at work is a win-win situation

where a healthy working environment is established, mothers' needs
are met, and the institution benefiting from the high rates of
productivity and creativity.

Dear Professor, below are the references I used for my speech about
“Working Mothers Getting Privileges”. Thanks for your support.
https://www.humanity.com/blog/7-employee-benefits-that-working-mothers-want-
most.html

https://arsanoversea.wordpress.com/2015/11/27/working-mothers-argumentative-
essay/

https://hrmars.com/papers_submitted/2238/Influence_of_Flexible_Work_Arrange
ment_on_Organizational_Performance_in_the_Banking_Industry_in_Kenya1.pdf
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.net/amp/news/women/2020/7/29/
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