Submitted on Tuesday 15th March 2022
Rejected on Monday 21st March 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Mandate employers to provide free tampons and pads whilst on shift
I would like parliament to change the legal standards for employers to provide employees free tampons and pads on shift. A workplace should be considered insufficient until tampons are provided.
Employers are already required to provide adequate toilets and toilet paper, so 100% of mens needs are covered. Women still have to provide their own tampons. I have lost wages having to go home because I have been unable to afford a tampon from the shop on shift, and I worked in a GP practice. It would save women embarrassment. It would save poor women from having to choose between food and tampons. At a minimal cost to employers (some of the non applicator boxes are £1).
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There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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Require sanitary products are made available in all public and workplace toilets: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/606807
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