I wasn't offering a prescription with my comment, just observing that the evidence suggests the gender wage gap is a Real Thing. But: Are we supposed to just u

I wasn't offering a prescription with my comment, just observing that the evidence suggests the gender wage gap is a Real Thing. But: Are we supposed to just unfairly give people the same salaries when one worked part time instead for 4 years? Let's dig into that a bit. Suppose Bob and Agatha are both working full-time at the same company as, for the sake of example, sales engineers, and they're both making $100K. Agatha goes on maternity leave, and afterward the company agrees to keep her on as a part-time sales engineer, working 25 hours a week at $62.5K. If, after four years, she and Bob both apply for full-time senior sales positions, is it "unfair" for Agatha to be offered the same salary as Bob?