LTB 283/21 – RMG Menopause Guide – Supporting Women Through The Menopause – Updated Guide For Managers

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LTB 283/21 – RMG Menopause Guide – Supporting Women Through The Menopause – Updated Guide For Managers
No. 283/2021

5 July 2021

Our Ref: P4/21

To: All Branches

Dear Colleagues,

RMG Menopause Guide – Supporting Women Through The Menopause – Updated Guide For Managers

Updated Guide Background

LTB 149/18 announced that agreement had been reached between the CWU Health, Safety and Environment Department and the Royal Mail Group Head of Health on the introduction of the first ever Royal Mail Group Menopause Guide for Managers in 2018, entitled “Supporting Women At Work Through The Menopause.” The guide has recently been updated and published in the Royal Mail Group standard format.

This guide outlines the symptoms that some women suffer when going through the menopause, how these symptoms can affect them at work, and practical advice and guidance for managers to give help and support to these women.

Expert Input To The RMG Guide

In the build-up and in preparation for the introduction of the guidance in 2018, meetings involving Royal Mail Group and the CWU Health, Safety & Environment Department took place with Professor Amanda Griffiths of the Nottingham University School Of Medicine, who is an expert in the field of the menopause and author of many research studies and guidance on the issue. Professor Griffiths was also involved in the production of the 2016 “Faculty of Occupational Medicine” guidance on menopause and the workplace. Professor Griffiths concluded that it’s good to see that menopause is increasingly being widely recognised as a potential problem and is no longer ‘taboo’.

The CWU Health, Safety & Environment Department also met with Jeremy Bevan HSE Head of the HSE Vulnerable Workers Team in 2018. He advised that more awareness and some simple changes, many that women themselves have recommended, can make their working lives during this time much easier.

Both experts endorsed the RMG/CWU approach.

Main Topic Areas In The Guidance:

Read more at the link.