India, Aug. 4 -- A Bengaluru startup founder has revealed why he initially rejected the idea of introducing menstrual leave, despite most of his team being women. His candid LinkedIn post has since started a conversation about workplace policies and what it takes for young companies to support them.

The post was shared on LinkedIn by Peeyush Sharma, who wrote, "I said 'no' to a menstrual leave policy even though 80% of our team are women."

He recalled that three years ago, he, Jatin and Radhika had just started building House of Creators while living in Goa. He noticed that Radhika would lose one or two days of productivity every month because of severe menstrual pain, while Jatin would take time off whenever he had a fever.

"If someon...