Millions of workers could be set to get an extra 12 days off in paid reproductive leave to cover treatments such as severe pains,
Like period pains, menopause, gender transition, IVF, and vasectomies if a new union proposal succeeds.
On Monday, the Health Services Union (HSU) will begin campaigning for the extra leave to be enshrined into the National Employment Standards, The Australian reported
The union is seeking meetings with senior MPs including Health Minister Mark Butler, Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt and Minister for Women, Katy Gallagher in a bid to secure support for the push
The HSU has already signed an agreement with Scope, one of Australia’s largest disability services provider, giving hundreds of its Victorian workers granted access to the entitlement.
However the union’s national senior assistant secretary Kate Marshall, who received fertility treatment to conceive her twin daughters after two miscarriages, said all workers deserved to have the “critical” leave.
