Menopause Leave

[douglas9401]

Government says "No, period".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64381216

[Canary42]

Proof that Parliament is Patriarchal.

[wolf63]

I used to get really bad PMT, have I missed out on the potential for time off work? Should I get compensation?

It's getting all rather silly!

[bobbinwales]

Maybe an oppertunity for nicola to bring it on for scotland?

[youngmafbog]

The problem is women will make themselves more and more unemployable.

[Peter Pedant]

I get a menopause each time I read some of these threads

[MissTerious2]

So completely ridiculous!

[Canary42]

I think a compromise might be better - Sick Leave taken for Period Pain not to be counted against any annual limits HR departments are so fond of imposing.

The Gov't "think it's counter-productive", but not nearly as counter-productive as forcing sufferers to work through it if in pain or discomfort.

If men had periods it would have been implemented years ago.

[MissTerious2]

Very open to abuse Canary. I always had a period when it was swimming at school in a freezing outdoor pool.
;0)

[ladybirder]

Up until I had my first child I suffered agony for the first day of my period. Couldn't get out of bed.

[MissTerious2]

Or would employers be keen a record of female employees period dates and not all females have painful periods. They might get painful though if it would mean a day off.

Let men see that us women are more resilient than the are!

[bhg481]

It could become a scivers' charter. It also gives people an excuse to not employ women in their 40s onwards in case "they become unreliable", just as they used to hesitate employing women of child-bearing age.

[MissTerious2]

When I was young and newly married I was often asked at interviews if I was planning to have children. It was an accepted question. I always answered no because it was the truth but I would have said no anyway probably if I wanted the job. Maternity leave was short back then but you weren't expected to go back to work and if you wanted to your job wouldn't be held open for you.