HR Director 'chastises' employee for being open about period pains

An HR Director has reportedly chastised a female employee, after she told a male member of staff that she was suffering from period pains. She claims that he rebuked her for being 'unprofessional' and making her supervisor feel ‘uncomfortable’.

Emilie, who wrote about the alleged ordeal on Twitter, said her male supervisor questioned why she was sitting at her desk with a hot water bottle, to which she explained that it was for pain relief.

“My sort-of-supervisor (we’ll call him Guy) comes over to talk to me about something, notices the hot water bottle, and says ‘There’s no way you’re cold today, are you?’” she writes.

“I say, ‘Um, no, just for the pain relief’. He looks confused, and then literally horrified, and then he walks away.”