How do you carry out the dysmenorrhea leave for female employees？

　　BEIJING, Beijing, August 18 (Zhang Ni) According to recent media reports, Ningxia will issue the Measures for the Labor Protection of Female Employees in Autonomous Region, which highlights the five-stage labor protection for female employees, including menstrual period, pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and menopause, and specifically defines "dysmenorrhea leave", which makes the topic of "dysmenorrhea leave" attract attention again.

　　The reporter from Zhongxin. com (WeChat WeChat official account: cns2012) found that up to now, at least 10 provinces have proposed in the labor protection measures for female employees in this region that female employees can take "dysmenorrhea leave" under certain conditions for up to two to three days.

　　In fact, the concept of "dysmenorrhea leave" has a long history. In 1993, the "Regulations on Health Care for Female Workers" jointly promulgated by the former Ministry of Health and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions pointed out that female workers with severe dysmenorrhea and menorrhagia can be given one to two days off during menstruation after being diagnosed by medical or maternal and child health care institutions.

　　According to the incomplete statistics of the reporters of Zhongxin. com, at present, at least more than 10 provinces including Beijing, Shanghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Anhui, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Gansu, Hunan and Sichuan have clarified this right of female workers in local regulations. In addition to the above-mentioned provinces, Guangdong has solicited opinions on this last year and included it in the 2016 regulatory plan.

　　In addition, many regulations also specifically emphasize that "dysmenorrhea leave" should be paid off. Beijing’s "Several Provisions for Beijing’s Implementation", which came into effect in 1990, made it clear that if a female worker suffers from dysmenorrhea and can’t insist on normal work and production, she can take a day off during her menstrual period and count it as working time.

　　Chongqing stipulates that female workers with severe dysmenorrhea and menorrhagia should be given two days off during menstruation after being diagnosed by medical institutions and treated as normal attendance.

　　There are also places where it is required to distribute health expenses or hygiene products to female employees.

　　The Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Workers in Anhui Province, which was implemented in March this year in Anhui Province, emphasizes that employers should give special health protection to female workers and distribute necessary sanitary products to them.

　　Although many places have made it clear in the labor protection regulations of female employees that "dysmenorrhea leave" can be taken, the reporter found that the number of days of leave varies from province to province, and most local regulations put forward restrictions on the types of work women are engaged in, mostly limited to outdoor or low-temperature operations and strong manual labor occupations. Ordinary women must provide proof from medical institutions if they want to enjoy vacation.

　　At present, the days of "dysmenorrhea" in Jiangxi Province are relatively long. Female workers engaged in low temperature, cold water, field mobility, construction and work at heights above level 1 (including level 1), and work with physical labor intensity above level 3 (including level 3) are given two to three days off during menstruation, and the labor quota is reduced accordingly, which does not affect various rewards and evaluations.

　　Shaanxi stipulates that female workers in the front line of production who have dysmenorrhea and other special circumstances can’t adhere to normal labor during menstruation are given a day off and paid as usual after being certified by medical institutions and approved by the person in charge of the unit.

　　Jiangsu, on the other hand, stipulates that during the menstrual period, female employees shall not be assigned to work in high places, in low temperature, in cold water, in the field or in the third-level manual labor intensity stipulated by the state, and shall be temporarily transferred to other jobs or given a public holiday for one to two days. For female employees of other types of work, if they have menorrhagia or can’t persist in their work due to dysmenorrhea, they will be given a day off after being certified by the medical unit.

　　— —In Jiangsu and Sichuan, breast-feeding leave can be taken separately to provide menopausal protection for female employees.

　　In addition to "dysmenorrhea leave", various localities have also made provisions on the protection of women’s rights and interests such as breastfeeding leave and menopause protection.

　　From the national level, the Special Provisions on Labor Protection for Female Employees promulgated in 2012 has made it clear that the employer shall not extend working hours or arrange night shift work for female employees who breast-feed babies under one year old.

　　At the local level, the provinces have refined the way of breastfeeding leave.

　　For example, Hubei stipulates that female employees who breastfeed babies under one year of age should be given two breastfeeding (including artificial feeding) times within the working hours every day, each time not less than 30 minutes.

　　In case of multiple births, the breastfeeding time shall be not less than 30 minutes for each additional baby. Breastfeeding time can be combined every day. Breastfeeding time and the time on the way back and forth in this unit due to breastfeeding are counted as working time.

　　Jiangsu and Sichuan have given a "green light" for female workers to take breastfeeding leave at home. Jiangsu proposes that female employees who have difficulties in going to work during breastfeeding can take breastfeeding leave for half a year with a salary of not less than 80% upon their own application and approval by the unit.

　　Sichuan has also made it clear that after the maternity leave expires, female employees who meet the family planning regulations can take breastfeeding leave for six months upon their own application and approval because the baby is weak or the unit has no childcare facilities and has a long journey to work. During breast-feeding leave, the salary will be paid at 80% of my standard salary, which will not affect promotion and salary adjustment, and the length of service will be calculated.

　　In addition to breast-feeding leave, Beijing, Shanxi, Anhui, Qinghai, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong and other places have also taken into account the physiological characteristics of menopausal female workers, and made clear the menopause protection for women.

　　In many places, it is stipulated that if a female worker can’t adapt to the original post due to menopausal syndrome, the employer can appropriately reduce her labor or arrange other suitable posts according to the certificate of medical institutions. (End)