It is not without basis that women fare worse than men in getting financial satisfaction from their employers.  With the economic surge in the West rippling around the world, their loads are becoming heavier.

US-based National Center for Women and Retirement Research notes that women receive lesser retirement benefits, which are about a quarter of what men have, due to the twofold cause of lower salaries and lesser working hours.

If women are expected to live an average of seven to 10 years longer than men and if their income does not even reach half of what men are earning, then women… Continue reading