Period Leave

[skahigh]

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-3570021...

Interesting but, isn't this sexual discrimination? Surely they would be better off just allowing everybody the same level of flexibility?

[Prizam]

Women are our equals... when it suits them.

[anonymous-user]

so what about time off for blokes when they get man flu ?

[andy-xr]

I dont see discrimination either way to be honest, if you're too ill to be working and you can make the time up at a later date, that's just a good sickness policy to me regardless of whether you're having period pains. Good PR for the company's recruitment plans and might take a good aim at those companies who dont even provide sick pay, those people I have a real problem with

[castex]

Yeah Boss, I'm going to be off from 23rd of every month for a week for most of my career, but don't worry I'll make the time up. Oh and there'll be babies. Then there's that menopause thing.
Happy days!

[BoRED S2upid]

MDMA . said:

so what about time off for blokes when they get man flu ?

What about time off for men when they are having time off for this? Or come to think about it work is probably better for some to escape to!

[xRIEx]

"Women get paid less for exactly the same work!"

It's not exactly the same work now, is it?

[The_Burg]

As women say, us men wouldn't cope with it.
For a good reason, they are optional these days to stop them. Why on earth would you want to have them? Contraception already buggers around with hormones.

If it hurts don't do it.

[Cotty]

xRIEx said:

"Women get paid less for exactly the same work!"

It's not exactly the same work now, is it?

That's a myth. If it was true why would people employ men if they can employ women to do the same job for less money.

[Rick101]

Save earache?

[Pixel Pusher]

Bloody joke.

[GroundEffect]

I knew PH would be touting discrimination.

They have to pull up bleeding for a week every month with pretty mad cramps. I'll happily swap that for more consistent work hours.

Their point was that the time 'would be made up elsewhere'...so in effect, it might make their lives harder!

[skahigh]

GroundEffect said:

I knew PH would be touting discrimination.

They have to pull up bleeding for a week every month with pretty mad cramps. I'll happily swap that for more consistent work hours.

Their point was that the time 'would be made up elsewhere'...so in effect, it might make their lives harder!

So IF (and it's not entirely clear from the article) their policy is to allow women to take time off as they wish and then work that back at their convenience but not men who suffer from some recurring health condition, you wouldn't consider that discrimination?

The reasoning behind it is totally irrelevant, if they want to be flexible why not be flexible with any member of staff who takes time off 'sick' (one might argue that women on their period are not sick but, their alternative without this policy is to take sick leave).

I'm pro equality, that mean's equality for everyone, not just those considered to have been marginalised or wronged in the past based on their gender, sexuality, race, nationality or anything else.

[Dodsy]

'Bex Baxter said the details of the policy would be worked out later in the month'

[Mafffew]

Sounds all a bit rubbish to me. Maybe they're just trying to drum up some good free advertising courtesy of the BBC.

[andy-xr]

skahigh said:

So IF (and it's not entirely clear from the article) their policy is to allow women to take time off as they wish and then work that back at their convenience but not men who suffer from some recurring health condition, you wouldn't consider that discrimination?.

How do you know they dont allow men to have the same entitlement but under a different policy name?

[skahigh]

andy-xr said:

skahigh said:

So IF (and it's not entirely clear from the article) their policy is to allow women to take time off as they wish and then work that back at their convenience but not men who suffer from some recurring health condition, you wouldn't consider that discrimination?.

How do you know they dont allow men to have the same entitlement but under a different policy name?

Try reading my post just a tiny bit more carefully and pay attention to the bit I put in all caps just to make sure it was really obvious.

[C0ffin D0dger]

I could do with some PMT leave away from my missus sometimes. Moody cow

[andy-xr]

skahigh said:

andy-xr said:

skahigh said:

So IF (and it's not entirely clear from the article) their policy is to allow women to take time off as they wish and then work that back at their convenience but not men who suffer from some recurring health condition, you wouldn't consider that discrimination?.

How do you know they dont allow men to have the same entitlement but under a different policy name?

Try reading my post just a tiny bit more carefully and pay attention to the bit I put in all caps just to make sure it was really obvious.

Huh? I think you're labouring a tiny point that's neither here nor there

And in any event, neither of us work for this company

[xRIEx]

Dodsy said:

'Bex Baxter said the details of the policy would be worked out later in the month'