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Ladies, one Bangkok startup’s seen the future: period pain leave

An English school based in Bangkok said today it had no legal obligation to let ladies take time off for their worst days of menstrual suffering but decided to become one of the first companies in the kingdom to do so anyway.

Days after virtual learning startup Globish Workspace won praise by announcing that it would allow female staff to take leave without notice when suffering from period pains, a representative said it realized it was heading into uncharted territory.

“Thai labor laws are so archaic,” Globish’s Ponkrit Kampee said in an interview. “We realized that the company can provide the rights employees need without having to wait for laws to change.” 

Last Friday, the company announced its new policy allowing female staff to take time off for menstruation pain without having to submit medical records. 

“It isn’t as if we would ask women…

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