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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Italy set to offer menstrual leave for female workers
2017-03-31
What a clever way to ensure that that the only females to be hired will be unadulterated men who nonetheless identify as women.
[Dhaka Tribune] Italia might soon become the first Western country with an official "menstrual leave" policy for working women. The lower house of Italia’s parliament has started discussing a draft law that, if approved, will mandate companies to grant three days of paid leave each month to female employees who experience painful periods.
Next comes PMS leave.
The proposed law was hailed by some local media outlets as a positive step to help working women who suffer from cramps. The Italian edition of women’s magazine Marie Claire described it as "a standard-bearer of progress and social sustainability". But the bill has also its critics, even among the working woman it seeks to protect.

Some fear that the law might backfire, penalising women in a country where they are already struggling to participate in the workforce. If women were granted extra days of paid leave, wrote Lorenza Pleuteri in Donna Moderna, another women’s magazine, "employers could become even more oriented to hire men rather than women".
Posted by:Fred

#4  In Italy now, the padroni
Want women who wear a bologna,
Giumente so phony
They look like stalloni
And never need any tamponi.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2017-03-31 14:11  

#3  Women are Equal except when they have special entitlements.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-03-31 12:43  

#2  Well, it would justify only paying women 86% (18 vs 21 workdays per month) of what men get for the same job. Of course the more severe sufferers are already not working those 3 days, or shouldn't be - their presence is counterproductive.
Posted by: Glenmore   2017-03-31 11:06  

#1  Bloody HELL!
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2017-03-31 09:51  

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