The majority of women say period symptoms have affected their ability to do their job. Four-fifths of women who experienced difficult symptoms said they had worked when they have felt too poorly to do so, while just over half said they had not been well enough to go to work. Around half of those said they never tell their manager the real reason they are off sick.
The study by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), which polled more than 2,000 women, found the most common symptoms were abdominal cramps, irritability, tiredness and bloating.
