South Lanarkshire councillors accredited plans to implement new insurance policies that can problem the stigma round menstruation.
On the full council assembly right this moment (September 28), a movement proposed by councillor Julia Marrs and seconded by councillor Mary Donnelly was welcomed by elected members.
It requires the council to recognise and problem the stigma surrounding menstruation and to implement new insurance policies to assist those that endure.
Councillor Marrs known as for the council to ask the chief administrators of finance and company sources and training sources to think about the need, feasibility and implications of implementing a menstruation coverage for faculties and the workforce.
The movement additionally requires faculties and workplaces to launch coaching for all line managers and academics and to supply steering for all pupils and workers who expertise a interval.
In addition to this, the movement features a provision for the precise to as much as three days paid depart per 30 days for workers who are suffering.
Councillors welcomed the plans, which will probably be topic to evaluate by finance and company sources and training sources with one other report on the feasibility of the brand new coverage being introduced again to full council on the subsequent assembly.
Council chief, Joe Fagan, mentioned: “I believe the movement could be very effectively worded and I admire it being introduced ahead, it aligns with the administration’s ambitions to be a good and inclusive employer.”
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