Posted on 05/09/2022 9:46:51 AM PDT by Brookhaven
Your point 2 feels very racist to me. What is wrong with White people having a month to celebrate their heritage and their history? You don’t have a problem when others get the same. Remember, racism is treating people differently based on their race rather than their individual merit, the content of their character, their objective performance, etc.
I was curious too: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, and Zambia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstrual_leave
“Cramps do not discriminate by gender”
Well women do have a massive ball of muscles in their gut whose sole job is to contract in a painful way.
Just asked by Bernie-supporting employee what she thought of this. She was perplexed, then angry. “If guys got cramps once a month that were so bad they didn’t want to get out of bed, then they should get a day off.” She was dripping with sarcasm.
“Then you think employers should treat employees differently based on biological sex? Or should all employees, regardless of declared gender, get one extra day off per month?”
Stumped her.
On my staff (Where I’ve been a smoker most of the time) I had a 4:00 tea time with the non-smokers. Smokers were not invited.
Everyday 30 minutes break - paid - for non-smokers.
I’ve also never worked in a place that allowed “period days” or time off for anything short of illness.
I did have an employee I defended for more time off - She had terrible cycles that would often put her in a hospital. I managed to get unpaid time off with no disciplinary action. Best I could do.
I have orthopedic birth defects that give me more painful days than pain-free days. I’m not allowed more time off for it.
I happened to overhear a supervisor talking about a coworker of mine who takes ‘mental health days’ every single month when she was scheduled to work. I didn’t hear anything else about it so not sure how they handled it but I wasn’t happy this unbalanced woman was able to pull this crap - we worked 14 days a month - she was taking an additional 2 off so she only worked 12 days a month.
Why not simply call it “Personal Leave” and give them 12 days? They wouldn’t need to disclose the reason as “Period” and it won’t count toward vacation.
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Good and logical, but . . . .
“The men get the leave too, so I don’t feel special.”
As my mom used to tell her nurses…. Come in with a heating pad. You’ll get through it
Hi.
Why didn’t I think of that?
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Yes, the men get the leave too.
They should stipulate that only 1 personal day is allowed per month to handle any number of personal issues (i.e. period, doctor’s appointment, buy a car, etc.)
It would satisfy the 1st and 2nd concerns, but would make the days available to all employees.
If we have a female president (VP ?) will she have to take a day off every month?
My ex-wife used to get bad PMS every month and took it out on me.
I told our friends I was the one who really suffered from PMS.
Yes, overseas. Hopefully it won’t reach the US.
Ah give the women their day. I’m blessed enough to NOT have to go through what they have to go through for generally up to a week every month.
I DO get the “you can’t have it both ways” argument.
But I say, make them promise to be as nice and as minimally cranky as possible during the other 3-5 days and they can get one to deal with their monthly bill.
I like that someone at last admits that there is no “white history month”.
Really?
And this occurred overseas, so I'm not sure what sort of laws they have about this.
Just call it a mental health day for the men. A man having to deal with an office of menstruating women throughout the month is surely worth of that.
Countries that already offer the health benefit include Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, and Taiwan. Italy was considering it in 2017.
https://www.popsugar.com/news/Which-Countries-Have-Paid-Menstrual-Leave-Women-43364319?msclkid=d9eb9ab2cfd711eca490c070a3ce70ec
Do you know why it is called PMS?
Mad Cow Disease was already taken.
Equal work for equal pay?
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