Bristol firm plans to give women unpaid time off for periods

.Lethal · 2 Mar 2016 at 16:22

lol, whatever next.

Avenged7Fold · 2 Mar 2016 at 16:23

Clearly the concept of flexi-time is foreign to the people who cant be trusted to understand it

Zefan · 2 Mar 2016 at 16:25

This is fine, isn't it? If I ran a company, I'd rather a female employee that has a regular interruption to work take unpaid leave over the interruption than take paid sick leave.

Mynight · 2 Mar 2016 at 16:28

I really dont see any issue with this.

cheesyboy · 2 Mar 2016 at 16:28

VincentHanna said:
Why would you equate eating curry with period pains though?

Looks a bit like a tikka masala...

darael · 2 Mar 2016 at 16:35

Co-Exist employs 24 people, seven of them men.

What happened to gender equality then?

dowie · 2 Mar 2016 at 16:35

Mixed views on this - while I think flexi time is great and employers should probably offer it in general (where feasible) if you're actually in pain to the point where you're unable to work then you should be taking sick leave, that is what it is there for.

cheesyboy · 2 Mar 2016 at 16:37

dowie said:
Mixed views on this - while I think flexi time is great and employers should probably offer it in general (where feasible) if you're actually in pain to the point where you're unable to work then you should be taking sick leave, that is what it is there for.

And if you're a business, do you just accept a few days of sickness every month for some staff, or do you encourage them to make the hours up elsewhere (cleverly sold to them as flexitime)?

soundb0y · 2 Mar 2016 at 16:40

I could do with a few days off after all the ball ache I've had to put up with this week!

Mr Gimp · 2 Mar 2016 at 16:43

Bloody hell, I know down here in Somerset we're a bit slow with all this modernity (elecktrickery? Wassat 'en?) but the revelation of flexi-time should have been known about for at least a few decades by now surely?

Avenged7Fold · 2 Mar 2016 at 16:47

dowie said:
Mixed views on this - while I think flexi time is great and employers should probably offer it in general (where feasible) if you're actually in pain to the point where you're unable to work then you should be taking sick leave, that is what it is there for.

They are still free to do that, though some people prefer not to. I use to use flexi-time over taking sick days at my old job because it does not do well for your image of you have a high pressure job where people rely on you getting work done on time but take tons of days off because you get ill frequently.

This company is not doing anything special or anything different to any other company offering flexi. Both men and women are free to take advantage of sick days or flexi time at their own discretion.

dowie · 2 Mar 2016 at 16:50

cheesyboy said:
And if you're a business, do you just accept a few days of sickness every month for some staff, or do you encourage them to make the hours up elsewhere (cleverly sold to them as flexitime)?

well exactly, it is a bit dubious... obvs the flexitime does mean that women who probably could go and work but are just feeling a bit down can chill for a day unpaid when they wouldn't otherwise have taken a sick day (or at least would/should feel guilty for taking a sick day) - but on the other hand women who are genuinely having issues, in a lot of pain and would ordinarily have taken a sick day for it are going to feel pressured to take an unpaid day off... I wonder if that would extend to other sickness in general

Avenged7Fold · 2 Mar 2016 at 16:57

dowie said:
I wonder if that would extend to other sickness in general

It doesn't matter what the ailment is, if it is bad enough to take a sick day you are entitled to it. If you want to take flexi and your job allows for it, then you may also do that.

Why would you think it only applies to period pains?

This model has been around for years and many businesses use it.

VincentHanna · 2 Mar 2016 at 17:05

darael said:
What happened to gender equality then?

I forget every other company other than thrm employ an exact 50:50 ratio of females and males....

krooton · 2 Mar 2016 at 17:06

My company is best, feeling too ill to come in, but able to do your job?
Work from home you sexy, snotty beast

dowie · 2 Mar 2016 at 17:10

Avenged7Fold said:
Why would you think it only applies to period pains?

I don't think that, that is the point...

Avenged7Fold · 2 Mar 2016 at 17:15

How is 50:50 gender equality in the workplace anyway. Having an equal amount of one gender to another doesn't make it fairer to society. Not taking into account gender when employing is what we are aiming for, this definitely doesn't mean that there wont be a fair employer that has an overwhelming majority of one or the other.