Iloilo Legislators To Pass Paid Menstrual Leave Policy Granting 12 Days Leave Yearly For Female Workers
A resolution has been passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan
(SP) urging Congress to pass the “Period Policy” that will provide female
workers additional 12 days of sick leave with pay every year.
A resolution authored by Board Member Lorenz Defensor, a
firm advocate of women’s rights, said that is high time for the Congress to
recognize that the “rights of men and women are not equal.”
In his resolution, he stated that monthly periods are a huge
part of the life of a woman.
Some may experience painful or heavy flow and during the
period (of menstruation), most women experience psychological and physiological
discomfort.
“Unlike men, our female colleagues, the ladies of the
Sanggunian, experience or some may suffer due to their physiological
constitution every month that constricts them, provide them discomforts and
even pain every month such that this women workers and members of our workforce
deserve at least additional leave pay to provide them with a leave for wellness
and recovery due this monthly physiological conditions that their bodies give
them,” Defensor said during his privilege speech.
He cited that the concept of “menstrual leave” started in
Japan in the early 20th century when Japanese labor unions started to demand
leave for their female workers.
In 1947, a law was brought into force by the Japanese Labor
Standards that allowed menstruating women to take days off work.
The menstrual leave was also applied in South Korea and
Indonesia.
Defensor cleared it out that if female employees or staff
will get paid for a day’s leave every month, they do not need to get doctors’
notes or medical certificate or worry about their salary being deducted for
dropping a day’s work.
The resolution was forwarded to the Committee on Women and
Family Affairs chaired by second district board member Leicel M. Seville for
appropriate action.
Source: PageOne
Iloilo Legislators To Pass Paid Menstrual Leave Policy Granting 12 Days Leave Yearly For Female Workers
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