Singer Soumita Saha Calls For Mandatory Period Leave To Women Employees

Jyothi Venkatesh

We in India have 5,000 euphemisms for menstruation, still people hesitate to talk about it openly. While half of population undergoes this physio-mental trauma every month, the other half remains literally unaware, unperturbed. This creates a giant wall of gender divide, which restricts our evolution as a civilized society. Working Women suffer the most, as their employers expect them to work and remain productive despite them being in severe agony and stress. Recently, a Kolkata based start-up has come up with the idea of Period Leave for its employees. FlyMyBiz, a company which deals in Software and Digital Marketing, has announced that all its women employees shall be granted one-day period leave every month from 2019.

Soumita Saha is a 26 year old singer and social activist from Kolkata. At the age of 19, she became Internet Sensation through her songs and since then she has been consistently in limelight. She has been often referred by media as ‘Justin Bieber of Kolkata’.She is one of those Indian Singers who worked with International record labels and delivered massive hit on her debut. She is well known for her contribution to Rabindra Sangeet and has worked in several music albums based on it. She has appeared in numerous TV as well in popular Musical Shows like Geet Sangeet by Channel Vision and several other shows on Rupashi Bangla and OM Bangla followed by several other national level shows hosted by Indian Television. She recently made her International Debut with the song Ishq, which was a massive hit and received immense appreciations from audience across the world.

Soumita, who also hails from Kolkata, has applauded this initiative. "It feels amazing to see that a Kolkata based firm has come up with such an amazing concept. I believe that employee productivity is directly proportional to work satisfaction. The employee should me made to believe that the company really cares about her health.After all, a sick employee can't perform well and deliver expected results", she said.Going forward, Soumita has urged other companies to follow this example and allow 1 day Period Leave to all women employees. "Women undergo several physical and mental complications during that period. While this is not a sickness, many of its symptoms are similar to that of various diseases or ailments. If organizations can offer sick leaves, what stops them from offering Period Leave?”, asks the singer."One may argue that an additional day off would mean a monetary loss to the company. While auditors may count it as loss in the balance sheet, a seasoned management would definitely realize the several days of productivity gained out of this one-day loss", she added.

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