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In Japan, this sick leave due to painful rules was consolidated in 1947 After two decades of union struggle
No European Union (EU) country has legislation that provides for the menstrual loss now promoted by Spain. Italy tried it in 2017, when it presented a bill that contemplated that women who had endometriosis or other menstrual diseases, could be absent from work for three days a month. However, in some Asian and African countries this is already a women’s right.
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In Japan, this sick leave due to painful rules was consolidated in 1947 after two decades of trade union struggle. Currently, countries like Indonesia guarantee, if necessary, two days off per month, taiwan three, Zambia one and South Korea, where this right exists since 1957, it allows between one and two, although not always paid.
In Spain, in 2021, the city councils of Girona Y Castellon de la Plana They decided to include in their labor agreements the possibility that their workers could be absent from work for eight hours per month. Hours that, in addition, they could recover in the following three months.