UNIT D - Blog 35

The article about the EEOC and promoting work/family balance talks about how the caregivers not only have to take care of people as their job but their job also continues when they go home. When they are done at work they have to go home and tend to their family which means they are continuing to take care of people but at home they aren't getting paid for it. 46% of women are in the workplace and are earning a living along with their spouse but the benefits are unevenly distributed within the care giving field. Many caregivers are female and alot of men that are caregivers get to go home and lounge around while the women caregivers leave their paid job to go home and basically do the same exact thing for free. More rights need to be given to these women because they have to do so much just to support their families. Alot of married women have husbands that are in jobs that have fallen because of the economy therefore these women that are caregivers are the main support of income for the time being. Alot of stress and reliance are put onto these women and they come home tired and unhappy because they have to continue taking care of the household and they just need to rest. The work and family life isn't balanced and it seems unevenly distributed. Flexible policies need to be enforced in the work place for these care givers so they have flexible start times and so forth because they have families to take care of and a home life to support on top of bringing home a paycheck so their family can survive. These women are struggling to stay successful while taking care of a family and some things need to change in the workplace so they have equal and better rights for the workers.