2023-04-27 10:35:44
The Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, congratulated, Thursday, April 27, the initiatives taken in certain companies in favor of menstrual leave and assured that the government “look at the device” pour “facilitate this commitment”. The Carrefour group announced in mid-April that from the summer of 2023 its employees suffering from endometriosis will benefit from twelve days of authorized absence per year.
Asked about France 2 on a possible generalization of menstrual leave, like Spain, the head of government first insisted on the need to “pay attention to words” car “when you have women who suffer every month”as in the case of endometriosis, “we are not talking about holidays”.
These women “must not be resigned to having pain, you have to go see a doctor because it can be a disease” et “in this case, there are treatments and we can have work stoppages”, she insisted. But “if the employer can organize itself to make life easier, that’s a good thing and we are looking at how we can encourage, actually facilitate the commitment of companies”completed Mme Borne.
Preparation of a bill on the left
Through the law? “We are looking at the device”, replied the Prime Minister. A few French employers already offer their employees the possibility of taking “regular leave”.
Ecologist and socialist deputies are preparing bills to try to create menstrual leave, a few months after the adoption of this device in Spain. “We can decide” when the proposals have been submitted “and that we will have visibility on their content”also explained to Agence France-Presse Isabelle Rome, the minister responsible for equality between women and men.
In January, the government launched a national strategy to combat endometriosis, with a research program endowed with several million euros.
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