Fulfillment of a campaign promise by Anne Hidalgo during the presidential election. The PSOE has issued a press release on Wednesday to announce the establishment of a “complementary and optional” day off.
This day is designed to improve “the quality of life at work and more particularly the well-being of women”, justified the leadership of the movement led by Olivier Faure. It will refer to both personnel with indefinite and fixed-term contracts as well as scholarship holders and work-study students.
Spanish socialists say yes
The socialists have also established at the headquarters of the movement in Ivry the distribution of free periodic protection in their toilets. According to an Ifop study, 66% of French employees are in favor of establishing a menstrual leave at the workplace.
Olivier Faure is following in the footsteps of the Spanish when Socialist deputies in Madrid voted to introduce menstrual leave for women with painful periods. In case of final adoption of the text, the country will become the first country in Europe to create this system.
However, it arouses reluctance, especially within the UGT union, one of the two largest unions in the country, which fears a possible brake on the hiring of women by employers wanting to avoid these absences.
La France Insoumise also offers menstrual leave, without applying it for the moment to its employees.
Source: BFM TV
