Balancing Work and Home: Should Reduced Hours Mean a Pay Cut for Employees?

Hello, I need your valuable advice. Recently, one of our female employees has requested that her working hours be reduced from 9 to 7 hours daily so that she can manage her work and home. I want to know if her salary should also be reduced. If yes, how much should the reduction in her salary be?

Regards, Harpreet

If there is a mutual understanding and consent between both the employer and employee, then I think you may proceed with the reduction in working hours and salary.

Calculate her current salary per hour and reduce it by two hours per day. Fix new salary figures and issue a letter to her.