(March 3, 2016 at 9:52 am)mh.brewer Wrote: Company to give paid time off during menstrual periods. Does this help or hurt a woman's work image, or image in general?
If the company choose to do this, then it doesn't hurt women at all. If it's mandated by law, then it would certainly hurt a woman's work image, because companies would have even less incentive to hire women. From a purely financial perspective, if you had two equally qualified candidates: a man and a woman, why would you hire the woman when you would be forced to give her paid time off for a few days (or more) every month? It sounds harsh but that's the way business works.
Also, I see the potential for fraud. A woman could be on contraception which prevents periods, but a company wouldn't know that, nor be able to (it would violate doctor / patient confidentiality), so the woman could potentially get paid time off when it's not even necessary.
