A new workplace standard for women with periods or the menopause has been published.
Suggestions include:Ensuring facilities are accessibleConsidering flexible work patterns for staffThe BSI said it recognised not everyone would want support as experiences differ.
"I was the only woman and the only person who had periods," said the charity worker from London. She said if periods were discussed in the office, it was only ever in a degrading way.Elysha Paige runs a programme to help employers understand how periods can impact people at work Educating people in the workplace is important, says Tina Leslie from period poverty charity Freedom4Girls - but she wants the guidance to go further.
However, she said it was important that menopause and menstruation were "not seen as a medical conditions".
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