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If I were an employer I would have no problem if a woman needed a day or two at home due to severe menstruation. Either work from home or if you want the days off but paid, then take the days off and work 2-3 extra hours perday during the coming week or work on the weekend. There's no reason employers need to be intractable, what if this employee that simply had severe menstruation was a really good worker otherwise?
If I were an employer I would have no problem if a woman needed a day or two at home due to severe menstruation. Either work from home or if you want the days off but paid, then take the days off and work 2-3 extra hours perday during the coming week or work on the weekend. There's no reason employers need to be intractable, what if this employee that simply had severe menstruation was a really good worker otherwise?
But your not an employer. Its easy to say "if I was an employer.....". Not all businesses are able to be that flexible. Where I work you can't work from home. Someone comes in after your shift to do your job so that extra two or three hours would be a waste.
Someone has to get paid time and a half to cover for you.
I really think we need a formal sick leave policy, nationwide (as well as vacation leave). That would be covered, I think. Some women really do have a horrible time.
You know, if men got monthly bleeding and horrible pain, you can sure there'd already be a formal policy allowing menstrual leave.
Agree. Period pain is very common: about 3 out of 4 girls and women have pain of varying intensity at some point during their period. In 1 out of 10 women the pain is so bad that they are unable to carry out their usual daily activities on one to three days every month. Add to this heavy bleeding and you have approximately 10% of women for whom it's a medical necessity to take 2-3 days off a month.
Do what we do. Pay mat leave through unemployment insurance. It costs the employer very little. Someone else fills in for a year, and the employer pays the same. Often less, because the new employee has less seniority.
Gee, are you making sense right now?
The Mat leave unemployment insurance scenario makes logical sense to me. That is how most of the OECD tackles that problem. Although, in America that is considered "socialism."
I have noticed that its important to take it slow on the first 2-3 days of the time...and there is much going on emotionally and physically and I honour that time.Yes I do get things done as I'm able to later...and try to choose activities which allow me to be more in a sitting position...maybe a person who gets a mild flu but still at work would o the same and get things done when they fell better?
I think this time must be honoured.
This is ridiculous and if menstrual women deserve "leave with pay" so do menopausal women.
Women will be complaining about not finding work if this goes through.
I know. I don't want paid menstrual leave. I want a decent job. Besides a lot of employers already offer paid sick days for women who have very severe difficult periods. Some women still feel pretty good while on their periods and can easily go to work.
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