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Sumaya feels insecure everytime she takes an extra leave on her period days. She feels
worthless, less than others and has other unproductive thoughts.
You feel why she is feeling less just in a one day leave?
Because the Menstrual Cycle is not just a blood loss, but it is kind of a trigger that somewhere changes her hormones and her body just responds to it.
Sumaya is just one of the employees who feel like this.
Spain is the first country who offer Menstrual Leave with a paid amount, china and
Japan also somewhere follow this rule - but still, it's a controversial topic to state on.
Menstrual paid leave is all about health and equality. Now it been a topic of debate for several years, social psychologist Evelyn Carter states, that at the time of menstrual cycle, people are somewhere irrational, emotional and essentially incomplete that create a major stereotype between different gender.
As an employee, you get several perks like incentives, overtime payment, vacation
leave,
medical and health insurance, provident fund, retirement fund, but still menstrual leave is a
sensitive topic to talk about.
Not many companies talk any action towards this and of course, India is still not the best
place to talk about all these issues. Yes, several companies take action and provide enough
holiday to the people who go through this pain.
According to a survey, many people mostly women from the age of 20 to 35 are
turning their
heads to self-employment and one the major reason is, they find relief and matter of choice
to work or not in their menstrual days.
But why there are so many complications around just one topic?
WHAT IS MENSTRUAL PAIN?
A monthly period cycle causes access of blood loss from the uterus body. Some women can feel more pain due to overflowing and this cause many health issues too.
They feel dizzy, uneasy and unproductive all around these days. But due to access of pain - women also suffer from lower back pain, headache, nausea and many other emotions that are attacking at a moment.
WHAT IS MENSTRUAL PAID LEAVE?
Menstrual paid leave is part of monthly leave, where women can take break by informing their employer that she is going through their period cycle of a month and that leave should be paid one. So no deduction from her salary should be a relief.
WHY PAID LEAVES ARE NECESSARY?
There are places where unpaid leaves are also offered, but somewhere that creates a difference between gender and most women avoid taking those leave. It also make them suffer more.
But companies who provide paid leave has seen different tendency between employees and some of the benefits they get from it are -
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Q1. How much time it will take you to create any application?
- BROADER CULTURAL SHIFT : companies who provide menstrual paid leave to their employees have seen that people inside their company has find it easy to talk and discuss their problem, they tend to be more supportive and understanding. And this broader mind shift between both gender that they can easily talk about these things make the environment more healthy and strong.
- IMPROVE HEALTH : one of the main reasons behind this leave is to provide them a day-off so they can easily look up to their health and take proper rest for a day. It helps women to take holiday without any stress of work.
- GIVING RESPECT : providing a day off when someone is going through a process of pain, laziness, unproductive and other negative symptoms that the body signing. Realizing them a sense of respect towards themselves and the people who surround them.
- BUILD A TRUST : providing a day off makes them feel that they are more than an employee who not only has two arms and legs to work, but they are people who feel the emotions and others understand it very well. It gave them a sense of security and make them comfortable in the environment they are working in.
- PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT : not a major topic to add on, but giving a paid leave, gave an employee, a major self-satisfaction and it generates a different kind of motivation and personal development in a being.
Q2. Why should I choose you over the software developer team?- CREATE A DISCRIMINATION : study shows providing or taking extra leave for the period, creates unfavorable stereotype for women and somewhere show they feel they are less capable than the opposite gender.
- PRIVACY : the major issue that becomes the hurdle in this policy is that not everyone is okay to share her stuff with the employer. Many transgenders and other communities are not okay to share such things in their professional life. You can't force a being to communicate every single thing about their body and talk openly.
- HIRING PROCESS MAY BE BIASED : companies who provide this type of paid leave, ask questions related to her period cycle, overflow days and pattern and their pain and her opinion towards the menstrual leave. These all create a biasedness around the hiring process.
And yes there are many more several reasons too why people not taking an active step toward this policy.
INDIAN COMPANIES THAT PROVIDE MENSTRUAL LEAVE
After so many ifs and buts, some of them understand that women have to suffer the most these days and they need proper rest after so many debates too, no one can neglect the fact the monthly period cycle is suffering for many women.
Some companies provide menstrual paid leave and they are happy to go with that. Some of them are -
- Zomato
- Byjus
- Swiggy
- Megzter
- FlyMyBiz
And as society is heading towards more opinionated phase, many more and more companies and understood the fact of the menstrual cycle and the leave policy. And by the end of the decade, this number is on the greater side for sure.
But one more company is heading towards this moto - and we are super super excited to announce that Expertinaisa is heading towards the policy of providing one day monthly paid leave in our culture.
We as a team, understood the point to discuss all opinions and make the team a family. With the support of all members, we decided to add one more policy to our culture.
FINAL VERDICT
So after so many discussions and ups and downs, we finally reached a part where we provide a conclusion.
Whether it's a matter of debate and provide any kind of discrimination between gender. Still, it's a right for a woman to get rest at least for a day to make sure her health would be fine.
