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UK company has introduced 'paid period leave'

Coexist, a community interest company in Bristol, is believed to be the first company in the UK t...
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10.45 2 Mar 2016


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UK company has introduced 'paid period leave'

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Coexist, a community interest company in Bristol, is believed to be the first company in the UK to introduce what can be described as 'paid period leave'.

Out of the 24 staff members, 17 of those are female, and they will be granted paid time off work whenever their cramps are feeling particularly intense.

Bex Baxter, one of the directors at Coexist, told The Bristol Post: "As a manager of staff I have seen women really suffer with their periods and I have found them doubled over in a lot of pain. They feel guilty and ashamed for taking time off and often sit at their desks in silence not wanting to acknowledge it."

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"It started from there and we thought we had to see what we could do about it and try and break the last great taboo. Nothing like this has been done in the UK before, we believe, and if it has, it has been very small."

"When women are having their periods they are in a winter state, when they need to regroup, keep warm and nourish their bodies. The spring section of the cycle, immediately after a period, is a time when women are actually three times as productive as usual."

Global sportswear corporation Nike have maintained a similar menstrual leave into their Code Of Conduct since 2007.


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