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DRIVING A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SUPPORTING WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE

When
DATE: Thursday 10 October 2024

Where
LOCATION: Online Only



Join us at The Menopause in the Workplace Conference 2024 to
learn the latest guidance and best practices for supporting colleagues and
mitigating the impacts of menopause at work.
High-level keynotes will provide strategic guidance for strengthening workplace
policies and practices, followed by
exemplary case studies and a lived experience. Topics include achieving staff
buy-in, championing inclusion and
wellbeing for menopausal colleagues, and providing comprehensive support.

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51
51
The average age for a woman to go through menopause is 51.
Menopausal women are the fastest growing demographic in the workforce.
14
14m
Estimated costs of the menopause to the UK economy is 14 million working days
per year, according to a survey by Health and Her.
67
67%
Of 2000 women (aged 40–60 in employment) surveyed by CIPD, 67% say the menopause
has had a negative impact on them at work.



OVERVIEW


MENOPAUSE EMPOWERMENT: STRATEGIES FOR SUPPORTIVE WORKPLACES

In recent years, heightened awareness has emerged regarding how menopause
symptoms negatively affect work experiences. With one in six individuals
contemplating leaving their jobs due to inadequate support (CIPD 2023),
employers are increasingly acknowledging their responsibility to assist staff in
managing these symptoms.

Employers can draw from a wealth of best practices, including developing
effective menopause strategies, providing flexible working arrangements, and
challenging taboos, to support colleagues and enhance retention. And by
collaborating to exchange experiences and solutions, HR leaders and
professionals can enhance their ability to support staff, fostering enriching
and fulfilling working environments.

Join us at The Menopause in the Workplace Conference 2024 for the latest
guidance and best practices in supporting menopausal colleagues at work.
High-level keynotes will provide strategic guidance for strengthening workplace
policies and practices, followed by a range of exemplary best practice case
studies and lived experiences including:

 * Supporting menopausal employees from diverse backgrounds
 * Mitigating mental health impacts and creating supportive environments.
 * Fostering a supportive workplace culture to retain female staff effectively.

A breakout networking session offers the opportunity to share your experiences
whilst networking with other senior colleagues from a variety of sectors.

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WHAT’S INCLUDED


VALUE FOR MONEY


KEYNOTES

Gain insights from senior stakeholders shaping the menopause and supporting
women at work agendas.


CASE STUDIES

Explore best practice on supporting menopausal staff and mitigating mental
health impacts.



NETWORK

Connect online with your peers throughout the day, share experiences, and
celebrate successes.


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CPD

Gain 8 hours of CPD points towards your target and continue your own
professional development.





DON’T MISS OUT


WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND

 * Government Update: Receive the latest guidance on equitable treatment,
   flexible arrangements, health, and safety for menopausal employees,
   addressing national trends and challenges.
 * Keynote – Empowering Menopausal Colleagues: Gain insights on policy
   development, cultural shifts, growth opportunities, and leadership training,
   fostering supportive environments for menopausal colleagues.
 * Delivering Inclusive Menopause Provisions Case Study: Discover inclusive
   strategies, collaborate effectively, tailor awareness campaigns, and elevate
   minority voices for respectful menopause support initiatives.

 * Mitigating Impacts Case Study:
   Explore insights to challenge biases, support wellbeing, create safe spaces,
   and provide tools for resilience amidst menopausal experiences at work.
 * Harnessing Lived Experience Case Study: Examine strategies to engage
   colleagues, leverage experiences, empower voices, and continuously improve
   menopause initiatives for impactful workplace support.

 * Driving Female Staff Retention Case Study:
   Discover insights on fostering inclusivity, mentorship, and sustaining
   support efforts through tailored policies, mentorship, and a menopause action
   group.
 * Breakout Networking: Engage in discussions, sharing and exploring innovative
   solutions and challenges in supporting menopausal and peri-menopausal
   colleagues in the workplace.
 * Professional Development: Attend the full day and earn 8 hours of CPD points.

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AGENDA


DRIVING A HOLISTIC APPROACH

9:00 am
Online Registration
9:30 am
Chair's Opening Remarks Confirmed

Professor Jo Brewis, Professor of People and Organisations, The Open University 



9:40 am
Keynote: Taking a Holistic Approach to Menopause in the Workplace: Government
Insight into Supporting Women at Work Confirmed

This session will provide comprehensive guidance on supporting menopausal
employees, ensuring equitable treatment, improving flexibility, and prioritising
health and safety in the workplace.

 * National overview of the current trends and challenges in supporting women
   going through menopause in the workplace
 * Equal Treatment: key insights into ensuring that menopausal employees receive
   fair opportunities, benefits, and working conditions
 * Successful strategies for improving flexible working arrangements to better
   accommodate staff needs
 * Guidance on performing due diligence in providing health and safety measures
   through reducing hazards and signposting support

Helen Tomlinson, Menopause Employment Champion, Department for Work and
Pensions and Head of Talent (UK & Ireland), Adecco Group 



 

10:00 am
Keynote: Guidance on Supporting and Empowering Menopausal Colleagues to Enable
Fulfilling Working Lives Confirmed

This presentation offers guidance on creating cohesive menopause policies,
fostering open discussions, removing barriers to professional growth, and
providing training for supportive leadership in the workplace.

 * Key guidance for developing cohesive menopause policies and improving
   workplace practices for menopausal employees
 * Driving changes in workplace culture to create an open and respectful
   environment for staff to discuss menopause with others
 * Reducing barriers to professional development resulting from the menopause
   transition by offering tailored progression pathways
 * Training and education initiatives to upskill managers and senior leaders in
   identifying and supporting colleagues struggling with symptoms

Senior Representative, ACAS 

10:20 am
Case Study: Delivering Inclusive Menopause Provision: Strategies for Supporting
Staff from All Backgrounds Confirmed

This case study will cover developing a comprehensive strategy to enhance
employer understanding of menopause’s impact, collaborating with EDI staff
networks, sharing tailored awareness campaigns, and elevating the voices of
minority colleagues for sensitive and respectful support.

 * The Menopause Inequalities Programme: developing a strategy for enhancing
   employer understanding of the impact of ethnicity and gender on menopause
 * Techniques for collaborating with EDI staff networks to embed specific
   groups’ needs into support initiatives
 * Sharing successful awareness raising campaigns tailored to tackle barriers to
   support for staff from minoritised backgrounds
 * Elevating the voices of colleagues from ethnic minorities or LGBTQ+ staff to
   ensure provisions remains sensitive and respectful

Nicola Bullen, Associate Director for Health, Safety and Wellbeing, University
Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) 



10:40 am
Question & Answers
12:00 pm
Breakout Networking: Sharing Workplace Solutions to Boost Support for Colleagues
Going Through Menopause Confirmed

This session will provide the opportunity to network with colleagues from a
variety of organisations and sectors. Explore new solutions and challenges in
supporting menopausal and peri-menopausal colleagues through discussing your
shared ideas.

11:30 am
Comfort Break
11:50 am
Case Study: Mitigating the Impacts of Menopause on Employee Mental Health and
Wellbeing Confirmed

This session explores interventions to challenge sexism and ageism around
menopause, emphasising support for colleagues’ wellbeing and creating safe
spaces for empowerment, alongside providing tools for resilience.

 * Tackling sexism and ageism: designing behavioural interventions to challenge
   negative stigma and microaggressions around menopause
 * Identifying and addressing symptoms of menopause to offer compassionate
   support before a colleague’s long-term wellbeing deteriorates
 * Creating safe spaces for employees to empower one another and act as
   effective allies
 * Tools and resources to share with staff to support resilience and confidence
   building

Deborah Garlick, Founder, Henpicked 



12:10 pm
Case Study: Harnessing Lived Experience to Deliver Training Initiatives with
Impact Confirmed

This session will provide insights into engaging colleagues with volunteering
opportunities, leveraging lived experiences for awareness campaigns, empowering
peri-menopausal colleagues to share their stories, and ensuring continuous
evaluation and improvement of menopause initiatives.

 * The Learning Team: tips for engaging colleagues with volunteering
   opportunities to help shape menopause training programmes
 * Methods for leveraging the lived experiences of colleagues to create
   menopause awareness-raising campaigns
 * Tips for empowering peri-menopausal colleagues to share their experiences to
   help educate younger staff members
 * Ensuring continuous evaluation and improvement through assessing the impact
   of initiatives and implementing feedback

Wendy (Kay) James, Leadership, Learning, Talent and Diversity Director, BT
Group 



12:30 pm
Case Study: Driving Retention of Female Staff: Tips for Creating Supportive
Working Environments Confirmed

This presentation offers ideas for adapting uniforms, policies, and processes to
foster an inclusive workplace culture. It will also look at facilitating
mentorship, and creating a menopause action group to sustain support efforts.

 * Ideas for adapting uniforms, policies and processes to alleviate stigma and
   discomfort for colleagues going through perimenopause and menopause
 * Fostering an inclusive workplace culture through encouraging male allyship
   and men’s active participation in workplace discussions on menopause
 * Facilitating a mentor system to match junior colleagues with senior
   professionals to provide individualised advice and support
 * Insights into creating a menopause action group to maintain organisational
   progress in providing support despite time and resource pressures

DI Natalie Beresford, Menopause Action Group Lead, Thames Valley Police 



1:10 pm
Chair's Closing Remarks Confirmed

Professor Jo Brewis, Professor of People and Organisations, The Open University 



1:30 pm
Conference Close
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2024 SPEAKERS AND SUPPORTERS


PROFESSOR JO BREWIS


PROFESSOR JO BREWIS

Professor of People and Organisations

The Open University




HELEN TOMLINSON


HELEN TOMLINSON

Menopause Employment Champion, Department for Work and Pensions

Head of Talent (UK & Ireland), Adecco Group




NICOLA BULLEN


NICOLA BULLEN

Associate Director for Health, Safety and Wellbeing

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB)




DEBORAH GARLICK


DEBORAH GARLICK

Founder

Henpicked




WENDY (KAY) JAMES


WENDY (KAY) JAMES

Leadership, Learning, Talent and Diversity Director

BT Group




DI NATALIE BERESFORD


DI NATALIE BERESFORD

Menopause Action Group Lead

Thames Valley Police


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WHAT PREVIOUS DELEGATES SAY


TESTIMONIALS

This was an excellent event, well worth the time spent. The speakers were
generous with both their time but also with sharing their personal experience
and the work that they had done in their own organisations.
They were all Rock Stars !!”

Organisation Development Adviser

Durham University

It was a great session and very informative, it has given me some food for
thought! The session gave me a useful insight into menopause and the importance
of raising awareness within the workplace amongst our leadership team and staff.



HR Manager

Allgood plc

Inspirational speakers, I have so much to unpack from this event

Portfolio Management Lead for the Agri Food Chain

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)

A great conference with some fantastic tried and tested ideas to take away and
implement.



Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager

Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust

An excellent well thought out event with motivational and inspiring speakers
full of practical ideas on how both women and men can support menopausal women
in the workplace. I came away with lots of connections and ideas to take back to
my employer, thank you !



Programme Development Officer

Manchester City Council

Excellent course, so good to discuss with people their Menopause journey and how
the subject is no longer a ‘taboo’ subject, that said, the course has inspired
me to consider alternative ways of engaging with colleagues.

Group Manager – Living Well South

Nottinghamshire County Council

This was an excellent event, well worth the time spent. The speakers were
generous with both their time but also with sharing their personal experience
and the work that they had done in their own organisations.
They were all Rock Stars !!”

Organisation Development Adviser

Durham University

It was a great session and very informative, it has given me some food for
thought! The session gave me a useful insight into menopause and the importance
of raising awareness within the workplace amongst our leadership team and staff.



HR Manager

Allgood plc

Inspirational speakers, I have so much to unpack from this event

Portfolio Management Lead for the Agri Food Chain

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)

A great conference with some fantastic tried and tested ideas to take away and
implement.



Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager

Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust

An excellent well thought out event with motivational and inspiring speakers
full of practical ideas on how both women and men can support menopausal women
in the workplace. I came away with lots of connections and ideas to take back to
my employer, thank you !



Programme Development Officer

Manchester City Council

Excellent course, so good to discuss with people their Menopause journey and how
the subject is no longer a ‘taboo’ subject, that said, the course has inspired
me to consider alternative ways of engaging with colleagues.

Group Manager – Living Well South

Nottinghamshire County Council

This was an excellent event, well worth the time spent. The speakers were
generous with both their time but also with sharing their personal experience
and the work that they had done in their own organisations.
They were all Rock Stars !!”

Organisation Development Adviser

Durham University

It was a great session and very informative, it has given me some food for
thought! The session gave me a useful insight into menopause and the importance
of raising awareness within the workplace amongst our leadership team and staff.



HR Manager

Allgood plc

  



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