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Re:A media company in Mumbai is giving women a day off durin... by ygra on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @08:54AM (#14743716)
Sick leave? As far as I know that's exactly what it's for. It also has the benefit of not discriminating whether it's period cramps, migraines, a broken leg, food poisoning, or depression.

EDIT: I'm German. Sick leave is completely separate from vacation days here and not limited (although you get less money after six weeks because your health insurance takes over from your employer). Generally I find that one of the only acceptable solution to the problem at hand. Giving half your employees extra days off is a bad idea, conflating vacation and sick leave is a bad idea, and forcing employees to come to work when they're unable to is a bad idea.

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Re:A media company in Mumbai is giving women a day off durin... by falcolas on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @09:36AM (#14744024)
Speaking for myself (as a standard US employee with a "progressive" HR, I mean Human Asset Management dept), I get 0 sick days. I get three weeks (15 days) which is supposed to be for both vacation and sickness. Someone who can't work two days a month would either be fired or be taking leave without pay, and never able to take paid vacation.
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Re:A media company in Mumbai is giving women a day off durin... by DropbearRob on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @09:46AM (#14744095)
I feel very sorry for you and others in your position to hear that.

the UK has some very forgiving policies on sick leave (https://www.gov.uk/taking-sick-leave). in fact you don't even have to provide a doctors note if you take just a couple of days off.

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Re:A media company in Mumbai is giving women a day off durin... by jhasse on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @11:02AM (#14753097)
Wow. In Germany law grants you at least 24 vacation days per year - and sick days can't be included in that!
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Re:A media company in Mumbai is giving women a day off durin... by epx on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @01:34PM (#14754572)
Yes, but taking sick leaves with such regularity is frowned upon. I know I would frown upon if I were a boss. On the other hand I recognize that women simply have more parts within the body - more things to break and hurt - and 2 hours of inspired work are worth much more than 2 days of just showing up in pain.
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