Tasmanian businesses are urged to introduce menstrual, menopause leave to help remove stigma.
According to the Australian Medical Association, a menstrual leave policy could start to normalise menstruation and menopause, allowing women to operate more effectively.
Tasmania’s AMA spokeswoman Annette Barratt says there’s still a barrier from women who are reluctant to tell their employer they can’t come into work because their periods are awful or because they suffer from endometriosis, a condition that affects one in nine women in Australia.