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| Bristol firm plans to give women time off for periods | Bristol firm plans to give women time off for periods |
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| A company is planning to introduce a "period policy" to allow female staff to work flexibly around their menstrual cycles. | A company is planning to introduce a "period policy" to allow female staff to work flexibly around their menstrual cycles. |
| Co-Exist in Bristol says women will be allowed to take time off during their period and make up the time later. | Co-Exist in Bristol says women will be allowed to take time off during their period and make up the time later. |
| Director Bex Baxter told the Bristol Post she had seen women at work "bent over double" in pain but unwilling to go home which was "unfair". | Director Bex Baxter told the Bristol Post she had seen women at work "bent over double" in pain but unwilling to go home which was "unfair". |
| Menstrual leave exists in Japan, parts of China, South Korea and Taiwan. | Menstrual leave exists in Japan, parts of China, South Korea and Taiwan. |
| It is thought the company is one of the first firms to introduce it in the UK. | It is thought the company is one of the first firms to introduce it in the UK. |
| 'Willy nilly' | 'Willy nilly' |
| Ms Baxter said criticism of menstrual leave came "from a place of fear". | |
| She told the BBC: "Women don't want to feel they are less employable than men if they are taking time off [for periods]." | She told the BBC: "Women don't want to feel they are less employable than men if they are taking time off [for periods]." |
| Co-Exist employs 24 people, seven of them men. Ms Baxter said the details of the policy had not yet been worked out but would be discussed at a seminar later this month. | Co-Exist employs 24 people, seven of them men. Ms Baxter said the details of the policy had not yet been worked out but would be discussed at a seminar later this month. |
| She said there would inevitably be a fear of lack of fairness or of women taking time off "willy nilly" but added: "We want to create a policy that trusts people - we don't want to create something that... doesn't recognise the needs of the business." | She said there would inevitably be a fear of lack of fairness or of women taking time off "willy nilly" but added: "We want to create a policy that trusts people - we don't want to create something that... doesn't recognise the needs of the business." |