‘At first, employees were shocked and shy as it is not normal to talk freely about this issue here in the Middle East and North Africa region,’ says the company’s head of human resources
The firm’s CEO Mohamed Naiem decided to introduce the policy after reading medical articles about period pains and noticing many women organisations were calling for paid holiday time when they are menstruating, the spokesperson said.
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