Ensure that initiatives to promote health in the workplace are integrated into daily working practices, rather than requiring proactive measures that inadvertently intensify individuals’ work.
Provide line managers and supervisors with training surrounding awareness of day-to-day menopause-related episodes and ways to collaboratively support women.
Identify and assess episodic events that may fall outside OH&S procedures that require more permanent solutions
Develop information packs that provide health-related information on ‘what-to-expect-when-you’re-expecting-the-menopause’.
Initiate seminars that are open to partners and men who may be managing women, which explore how to articulate and develop empathy-based skills within professional conversations surrounding work.