Over half of employers offer no dedicated menopause support for staff

Ahead of World Menopause Day

John Brazier
clock • 1 min read

New research shows that over half (54%) of UK employers have no dedicated menopause support in place.

Research conducted on behalf of digital health and wellness platform Peppy found that of 504 HR decision markers surveyed, 42% of employers will highlight menopause issues to staff on World Menopause Day (18 October). Of the 46% of employers that do offer some form of symptom support, the research found that these services are available via other employee benefits, including Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs). Over one-third (39%) of respondents stated they offer general menopause support from an employee benefits provider via health and wellbeing benefits, such as PMI, while a sim...

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