{"id":41276,"date":"2024-05-07T06:09:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T06:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/?p=41276"},"modified":"2024-05-07T06:09:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T06:09:55","slug":"most-australians-think-workplaces-should-provide-free-period-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/news\/most-australians-think-workplaces-should-provide-free-period-products","title":{"rendered":"Most Australians think workplaces should provide free period products"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The study commissioned by COS sheds light on a significant gap between the perception and provision of free period products in Australian workplaces. While an overwhelming 73% of respondents advocate for companies to supply these products, only a mere 24% of workplaces actually do so. This disparity is attributed to several factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Belinda Lyone, co-CEO of COS, suggests that some organisations perceive period products solely as an additional cost rather than recognising them as essential employee benefits. Moreover, decision-making processes within companies may suffer from a &#8220;departmental disconnect,&#8221; leading to indecision and a lack of action on this matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/womensagenda.com.au\/business\/employers\/most-australians-think-workplaces-should-provide-free-period-products\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/womensagenda.com.au\/business\/employers\/most-australians-think-workplaces-should-provide-free-period-products\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE <\/a><\/strong>to read more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The study commissioned by COS sheds light on a significant gap between the perception and provision of free period products in Australian workplaces. While an overwhelming 73% of respondents advocate for companies to supply these products, only a mere 24% of workplaces actually do so. This disparity is attributed to several factors. Belinda Lyone, co-CEO &#8230; <a title=\"Most Australians think workplaces should provide free period products\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/news\/most-australians-think-workplaces-should-provide-free-period-products\" aria-label=\"Read more about Most Australians think workplaces should provide free period products\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":36042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2081],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41277,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41276\/revisions\/41277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}