Petition · past parliament

The government should let woman have days off when they start their period.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government should make it legal that woman could take a day or two off from work when they’re on their period.
This is so important as most of the women in the UK struggle to take a day off when they’re on their period as it’s not a “ good excuse ” to be off . The struggle they go through is sometimes worse than a cold . Not just off work but also off school too.
I think it’s just fair that they get to have the day off so they won’t need to be in more pain as they already are.
As some of us go through a lot of pain and suffering during our period times .

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

2 Dec 2021 Petition opened for signatures
7 Dec 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 7 Dec 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.