Officials in the U.K. are exploring ways to support menopausal employees in the workplace, taking a global lead on the issue.
Last year, the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee undertook an inquiry on menopause and the workplace, looking into whether more should be done to address the issue. "Why are workplaces failing women going through menopause?" The panel asked, calling these employees "an invisible cohort."
Menopausal symptoms have prompted nearly 900,000 U.K. women to leave their jobs, according to the committee, which noted that those in their late 40s and early 50s eligible for senior roles are resigning "at the peak of their career," with ripple effects on company productivity and gender-related pay and pension gaps.
"Three in every 5 women are negatively affected at work as a result of the menopause," the committee's chair, Right Honorable Caroline Nokes, a member of Parliament, said in announcing the inquiry last year. "The repercussions of that are not merely individual. Excluding menopausal women from the workplace is detrimental to our economy, our society and our place on the world stage."
The committee conducted a public survey in September 2021 and heard oral evidence on the issue from witnesses in five sessions from November 2021 through March.
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