Imagine you91裸聊视频檙e at your place of work and suddenly you have to decide this: 91裸聊视频淚f I91裸聊视频檓 going to puke or if I91裸聊视频檓 going to tough it out.91裸聊视频�
That91裸聊视频檚 what it feels like for Oak Bay pharmacy assistant Isabel Davis-Stevenson when she has menstrual pains.
At work she91裸聊视频檚 expected to stand for eight hours on her feet with no chance to sit except during her lunch break. She describes the pain as 91裸聊视频渃ontractions almost.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淚 have to take a minute, I have to stop, I have to like let it happen, or I lose focus,91裸聊视频� Davis-Stevenson said. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 just in a lot of pain because my job is super busy.91裸聊视频�
Davis-Stevenson isn91裸聊视频檛 the only woman who deals with these monthly, unworkable pains. Up to 90 per cent of menstruators describe their period pain as moderate to severe, according to . The website is also a page for a nationwide petition for menstruators with period pains to receive paid leave.
Started by Lanna Last on her 34th birthday, the Paid Period Leave petition has been open to sign since March 29, and it will close on July 23.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e had my period for 24 years and it91裸聊视频檚 been terrible, terrible pain to manage,91裸聊视频� said Last, who was inspired by legislation in Spain. 91裸聊视频淚 get this type of pain where it91裸聊视频檚 like being stabbed in my abdomen and the knife is being dragged down to my knee on repeat. I91裸聊视频檓 also super sick with nausea and vomiting during it. So this is how I91裸聊视频檝e been living for 24 years, every single month.91裸聊视频�
Last then reached out to Port Moody-Coquitlam MP Bonita Zarrillo, who authorized to petition on this subject in the House of Commons.
91裸聊视频淭he employment regulations, whether it91裸聊视频檚 employment insurance or the labour code, were all formulated in a time when the participation rate of women was basically half of what it is today,91裸聊视频� Zarrillo said. 91裸聊视频淭here hasn91裸聊视频檛 been much change over 50 years in relation to employment insurance and the labour code. We are now in a time where we can modernize and we need to take advantage of those new awakenings and those new learnings.91裸聊视频�
Some of the concerns individuals have had with the idea of a paid period leave is that it could be exploited.
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Other concerns are that productivity from the menstruators would be lost.
Last disagrees.
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The details of the leave are still undecided, but Last wants the general structure to be as simple as telling your boss you91裸聊视频檙e on menstrual leave and are allowed to take the time off. If the individual is not comfortable saying that, then HR policies kick in and they can do a protected leave communicating to your employer through an app that you91裸聊视频檙e on leave and only they could see it. Last wants to make the latter an option, 91裸聊视频渟o that they91裸聊视频檙e ways people91裸聊视频檚 privacy stays intact.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淲e can kind of learn from their mistakes. So in terms of the policy for government, we91裸聊视频檝e decided three to five days (of leave), but that will still depend on the menstruating individual. Especially if someone has endometriosis, you definitely want someone there that can understand that that may require hospitalization more then just five days and up to seven.91裸聊视频�
After the petition closes in July, it will be tabled in September when the MPs return. If the petition has at least 500 signatures, it will be presented in the House of Commons and will wait for a government response within 45 days.
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