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How India Inc is approaching menstrual leave policy, HR News, ETHRWorld


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Highlights

  • A study by University College London conducted in 2017 reveals that the amount of pain a female goes through while menstruating is equivalent to the pain a person experiences during a heart attack!
  • Physiological characteristics of women, like menstruation and the menstrual status of a woman, can be a valid basis for providing special protection like period leave.
  • Some of the firms that took revolutionary steps and went ahead with implementing the period leave policies in India Inc include Zomato, Byju’s, Swiggy (for gig workers), Culture Machine, Mathrubhumi, Orient Electric, Seclore Technologies and Scalar.

<p>A survey by the National Library of Medicine, US reveals that the menstrual cycle has a moderate to severe negative effect on employees’ work-related productivity.</p>
A survey by the National Library of Medicine, US reveals that the menstrual cycle has a moderate to severe negative effect on employees’ work-related productivity.

These days, when more and more companies are introducing paid period leave, understanding the plight and pain endured by menstruating employees, Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani recently made a striking statement in the Parliament. Opposing a demand for paid menstrual leaves, she said, “As a menstruating woman, menstruation, and the menstruation…


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