Dr. Stacy Sims

Some people are using it for childcare.

Some people are using it for really bad cramping days.

Other people are using it for mental health days.

But it's there to be used for however.

And you don't have to identify it as being menstrual cycle day or menopause.

It's just extra leave.

And people don't care as long as you get the work done.

And I think that having that flexibility across, you know, if you have that ability to have more flex hours or shared time space or something like that, greatly benefits productivity, as well as the feeling of empowerment and inclusivity, which then feeds forward to better productivity.

Well, that's an individual thing.

It's how, because, you know, we hear all the stuff about cycle tracking and it's about understanding your own responses to your own hormone blocks.

That could be her responses.

And she's like, I just don't have the stress tolerance to be able to do X, Y, Z. And understanding that in her own cycle is great because then she can allocate tasks that take more stress for other days.

Yeah.

Which is a fault of the U.S.

system.

Yes.

Yeah.

What happens in New Zealand?

You have 20 hours free daycare.

A week?