Making the workplace menopause friendly: MPs to hear evidence
4 February 2022
As part of its ongoing Menopause and the Workplace inquiry, the Women and Equalities Committee's next evidence session will examine the case for making workplaces more menopause-friendly. Talking with representatives from trade unions, organisations representing businesses and education/support groups, the MPs will explore the human and economic impact of women leaving the workforce due to menopause.
- Watch Parliament TV: Menopause and the workplace
- Inquiry: Menopause and the workplace
- Women and Equalities Committee
The Committee will also scrutinise how employers can support workers through the menopause, investigating what best practice looks like and the way that large organisations- including the bank First Direct- have built menopause-friendly initiatives.
Witnesses
Wednesday 9 February
Panel 1 - at 2.30pm
- Deborah Garlick, Founder and Director, Henpicked – Menopause in the Workplace
- Nikki Pound, Policy and Campaigns Support Officer, Trade Unions Congress (TUC)
- Claire McCartney, Senior Policy Adviser (Resourcing and Inclusion), Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD)
Panel 2 - at approx. 3.30pm
- Lynda Bailey, Co-founder and Director, Talking Menopause and former Inspector at West Midlands Police
- Chris Pitt, CEO, First Direct
- Sharon Ollivier, Senior Training and Development Partner, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Further information
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