In Montpellier, a company authorizes menstrual leave for employees A first in France!
Since January 2020, La Collective, a cooperative production company specializing in the recruitment of new donors for the benefit of NGOs or associations, based in Montpellier, has offered its employees one optional paid day off per month in the event of painful periods. And this, without having to go through the doctor to justify it. Questioned by the newspaper The cross, the co-director of the company Dimitri Lamoureux explains his approach: “One of our associates alerted us: some women did not come to work and lost a day’s pay because of their period, or forced themselves to come despite the pain. It seemed financially sustainable to us, so we decided to experiment with it for a year. We don’t ask for proof, we prefer to trust. ” The leave is paid by the employer, and remunerated at the level of conventional paid leave.
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There are many debates around this menstrual leave in France. It must be said that abroad, some countries have already generalized menstrual holidays within companies. In Japan, for example, it is possible to take menstrual leave if your period makes it difficult to work. In France, a report by Ifop published in March 2021 revealed that 68% of French people were in favor of setting up a menstrual leave of a day or two.
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However, in an interview with France Info on Thursday April 15, 2021, Fabienne El-Khoury, spokesperson for the association Dare feminism, expressed some reservations about these initiatives: “It’s a false good idea. The intention is good. The idea is good. (…) But many women will hesitate to take this leave for fear of being stigmatized”, she explains before adding: “I think we must already de-stigmatize, that is to say that all of society does not think that it is normal to have painful periods. And secondly, indeed, it could be a good idea and not just a single day, because for many women it lasts longer. “
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