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Louloubelle0312 t1_j0glxrm wrote

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

They probably do, but think about this, you will miss a least one a day a month if your period starts on a workday. Who gets that much sick time? And yes, I had these issues. And you have to plan your entire life around when you are going to get your period.

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sorigah t1_j0gmfky wrote

In germany you have basically unlimited sick time and I would expect it to be the same all through Europe.

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Louloubelle0312 t1_j0gt413 wrote

I wish the US would take a page out of the book of Europeans. But EVERYTHING here is about the almighty dollar. If you look at the comments, I think you could ascertain that most of these people talking about how this would hurt businesses, are Americans. These people simply don't get that if you are out, and you're treated well by your employer, you're more loyal and would absolutely make up your work if you needed to be gone. I was fortunate enough many years ago to have a (male) boss that understood this, and let me have as much (paid) sick leave as I needed. As a consequence, I didn't take advantage, and would stay late, or come in on weekends, if necessary. But that was on me, my boss never asked me to.

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