Company Reveals Plan To Let Female Staff Take Time Off During Menstrual Cycle

Bristolian company Coexist will introduce the period policy in its office which consists of 31 employees, seven male (pictured company director Bex Baxter, centre, and staff members). 

Female employees will be entitled to paid leave if in pain during their cycle. 

Menstrual leave began in Japan in 1947 and other countries including South Korea, Taiwan and Indonesia also have laws in place allowing women time off work when they are on their period