Brazil's Lower House Approves Paid Menstrual Leave of Up to Two Days

Overview

• Paid leave is capped at two consecutive days per month for workers with debilitating menstrual symptoms and requires a medical certificate.
• The measure covers formal employees, interns, and domestic workers without salary loss during the approved absence.
• The approved text is a substitute by Deputada Professora Marcivania that trims the original three-day plan by author Jandira Feghali to two days.
• The bill amends the CLT, the Internship Law, and Complementary Law 150/2015 to include menstrual leave among justified absences.
• The Executive will define how medical certificates are issued, presented, and renewed, and the vote was part of a women’s‑health package that also expands mammography and genetic testing in the SUS.