Menopausal women are the fastest growing segment of the workforce. It’s estimated that around one in six people in employment are now women over 50.
Are you looking for guidance on how to increase awareness of perimenopause and menopause in the workplace? For too long, menopause has been a taboo in the workplace. Women have suffered in silence with their symptoms, often counting themselves out of career progression opportunities or even quitting successful careers in order to cope.
We offer a range of menopause in the workplace toolkits, training packages and awareness sessions that can help you to:
Improve employee retention
Remove barriers to women progressing in their careers
Reduce sickness levels
Reduce employment tribunals when women are discriminated at work due to menopausal symptoms.
Boost productivity
Foster a more inclusive and open workplace culture
Help women feel happier and more engaged at work.
Why is menopause a business issue?
Menopause predominantly affects women in midlife, with 51 years old the average age of menopause in both the UK & US.
However, premature menopause can affect women at a much younger age, chemical or surgical menopause can affect women at any age, and transgender and non-binary people may also experience menopause, too.
The symptoms of menopause will affect women on average for four years, but sometimes for up to 10 years. These symptoms are both physical and emotional - and while for some women, they will be mild, for others, they could be severe, long-lasting and debilitating.
Often, these symptoms will begin while a woman is in her 40s, in the prime of a career.
Lost confidence, sick leave and tiredness can leave women feeling unable to fulfil their job demands.
The fact is that menopause and perimenopause are already impacting women in the workplace:
14 million working days are lost in the UK because of menopause and perimenopause.
Six in 10 menopausal women say it has had a negative impact on their work, and research has shown that one in five women has left a job because of it, too.
On average, women say they visit a doctor three times or more before they get the right help and treatment for their symptoms - resulting in additional sick leave from work and anxiety and stress.
Why work with The Latte Lounge?
Our Founder, Katie Taylor, has first-hand experience trying to cope with severe symptoms of menopause as well as a thriving career.
“I didn’t know I was in perimenopause. It was undiagnosed by my doctor for four years. I was prescribed antidepressants instead for anxiety and low mood, yet all the time, these are actually symptoms of impending menopause. I was in my mid-40s, successful in my career, yet I could not go on working in the end due to these symptoms. In the end, I left my job and gave up my career.”
Katie went on to establish The Latte Lounge in 2016 so that no other woman would needlessly suffer as she did. Since then, she has helped hundreds of women in The Latte Lounge community - sharing information, providing support and signposting expert advice.
Katie is passionate about educating and empowering women and businesses with information that is evidence-based and backed by a team of medical specialists.
This means that The Latte Lounge can uniquely offer you:
We have a growing network of global menopause specialists - no matter where your business is in the world, we can connect you and your employees to the right organisations and specialists in your part of the world.
Around 42% of working women consider leaving their workplaces due to menopause.
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