A 2-day “menstruation leave” a month to all female employees in the country is being advocated in congress by Cotabato 3rd district Rep. Ma. Alana Samantha Taliño-Santos.
Santos penned and filed House Bill (HB) No.6728, titled, “An Act granting menstruation leave of two (2) days a month with fifty (50) percent daily remuneration to all female employees in the private and public sectors”.
As the title implies, the bill seeks to provide female workers two-day worth of menstruation leaves each month.
According to Santos, similar benefits have long been extended to female workers in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, and Zambia.
The bill states female employees should not be fired, demoted, or suffer discrimination at work because of such menstruation leaves.
If enacted into law, employers that violate the provision of the measure will be slapped with a P50,000 fine and or a six-month jail term.
Lady Solon said that even though menstruation leaves are not allowed in some companies in the country, they will be part of the employees' sick leaves.
The bill is pending before the Committee on Labor and Employment.
Spain, however, made history as it was the first country in Europe to approve a 3-5 day medical leave law for women suffering from dysmenorrhea due to menstruation.
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