Current status: Open

Opened on August 3, 2021 and will close to new input on September 7, 2021.

We are consulting Canadians on the proposal to require federally regulated employers to provide menstrual products in the workplace. This initiative aims to:

• ensure access to menstrual products for federally regulated employees to reduce the following:
  • physical and psychological health risks
  • the prevalence of harassment and violence in the workplace, and
  • the prevalence of missed work due to a lack of access to menstrual products
• support our commitments to gender equity

How to participate

Share your ideas online

Please complete the online survey. This survey is anonymous and includes a summary of findings from the roundtable of experts conducted on June 8, 2021 for more background information.

Who is the focus of this consultation

We invite all Canadians to participate in this consultation, including:

• federally regulated employers and employees
• members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community
• persons with disabilities
• persons identifying as First Nations, Inuk (Inuit), Métis or Indigenous
• all Canadians

Key questions for discussion

The survey aims to collect information on the following issues:

• providing menstrual products in in-office, non-traditional, and remote workplaces, including mobile employees
• the method of dispensing menstrual products in federally regulated workplaces
• the need for providing educational materials alongside this policy

What we are hearing

Interim reports

• What we heard: Proposal on the provision of menstrual products in federally regulated workplaces

Related information

• Labour Program Forward Regulatory Plan: 2021 to 2023

Contact us

Occupational Health and Safety Unit
Labour Program of Employment and Social Development Canada
165 de l’Hôtel-de-Ville Street, Phase II
Gatineau, Quebec, K1A OJ2

Email: EDSC.LAB.SST.POLITIQUES-LAB.OHS.POLICY.ESDC@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca