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The Green Party is considering giving ‘all workers who menstruate’ an additional 36 days’ paid leave a year, The Spectator can reveal. Leaked documents show that a motion has been submitted for the party’s Autumn Conference which would force businesses to allow staff to take three days off every month during menstruation. Employees would not have to present a doctor’s note, and the time off would not be recorded as sickness absence or deducted from annual leave.
Employees would not have to present a doctor’s note
The motion, which refers specifically to ‘workers who menstruate’ rather than ‘women’, also states that time off could be extended further for those suffering from endometriosis, adenomyosis, polycystic ovary disease or other related conditions. A doctor’s note for those specific conditions would need to be presented only once a year. The additional leave, according to the Green plan, would be enshrined in the ‘Workers Rights and Employment’ section of the party’s ‘Policies for a Sustainable Society’.
Interestingly, the motion for 36 days of menstrual leave was submitted by a male party member, Allan McLeod. He serves as a trade union representative for the Darlington Green Party and has previously been a member of the National Disciplinary Committee. Social media posts suggest McLeod is a passionate trans activist.
