In 2007 only 11% of US-born black women aged 30-44 without a high school diploma had a working spouse, according to the Pew Research Centre.
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In some cases, the disagreement is what you may think: a spouse who has worked as a homemaker may be worried about the disruption caused by the working spouse suddenly taking up space in the house, with not much to do.
Forbes.com asked financial advisors to comment on the best plan of action--assuming the higher contribution limits proposed by Congress--for people in three typical scenarios: a new entry to the workforce, a single professional with no dependents and an executive with children and a non-working spouse.
If your spouse was working instead of being a homemaker, his or her income would be subject to taxes.
"You can't fully fund retirement, fully fund college, up your insurance coverage, maintain your lifestyle and afford for one spouse to stop working, " says William D.
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"I also find that the incidence in divorce is far higher in couples where both spouses are working than in couples where only one spouse is employed, " Johnson says.
Practically, a personal AI system of the future could notice that whenever its user is working late, the user texts his or her spouse to say so.
As part of this change, derived entitlement to the basic state pension - where someone receives a married person's pension or a widow's or widower's pension based not on their own working life but the National Insurance record of their spouse or civil partner - will also go.
The advocates are pressing on, with policy proposals including expanding the FMLA to cover workers in small businesses, providing paid leave for working caregivers to care for an ill child, spouse, or parent or to take family members to routine medical appointments, and requiring employers to provide employees with a reasonable number of paid sick days to care for themselves or a family member.
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Additionally, some women who could earn more than a spouse continue to work for less or quit working altogether.
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His amendment would allow a spouse who does not work to transfer their unused personal tax allowances to their working partner.
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