tandemxylophone t1_j0ekscn wrote on December 16, 2022 at 1:51 AM

Reply to comment by KnotiaPickles in Spanish MPs vote to approve new 'menstrual leave' for painful periods by mancinedinburgh

But will you be ok covering for other people's circumstances 4 days a month? If there were lots of mums wanting to pick up their kids at 3pm, should they allocate all the unsociable shifts to the childless workers since they are more abled?

KnotiaPickles t1_j0ellml wrote on December 16, 2022 at 1:57 AM

Children are a Choice. Periods Are Not.

Also, accommodation can be made fairly easily. It is usually only about one day a month that is especially bad for many women, generally the first or second day. It’s more a scheduling issue than anything. The hard part is that we often don’t know exactly when it will come, and this could make a huge difference.

Louloubelle0312 t1_j0gmx2o wrote on December 16, 2022 at 2:34 PM

As someone pointed out, periods are not optional. And fathers are just as capable of picking up children.

tandemxylophone t1_j0i6ct9 wrote on December 16, 2022 at 8:42 PM

I'm not saying periods are not serious, just that regardless of it being cancer or tragedy, someone will be covering the responsibilities of the absent person.

Some jobs don't have that much responsibility or the work style is a periodic deliverable, which makes this work.

But if you set up a new one-man business and needed a hire someone to deliver fresh flowers, you won't choose an interviewee who says they have cancer so they need to take a medical leave every month for a week, and they expect that to be paid.