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Case Studies
Anchor uses menopause guidance to encourage conversations
In order to support any of its employees that are impacted by the menopause, Anchor has developed a specific guidance document to facilitate conversations around reasonable adjustments for perimenopause and the menopause.The housing and care provider for people in later life serves more than 65,000 residents in 54,000 homes across ...
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Specsavers promotes workplace menopause support through networks
Eye care and audiology organisation Specsavers uses its employee network groups and policies to promote menopause support in the workplace.It has more than 2,500 optical, audiology and ophthalmology businesses in 11 countries and more than 23,000 UK employees.The organisation has multiple employee network groups, including its MenoTalk group which is ...
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Bonnier Books UK encourages conversations around fertility issues
Publishing house Bonnier Books UK, which employs more than 300 members of staff in the UK, recognises the importance of opening up conversations and raising awareness of women’s health topics, such as fertility, menopause and pregnancy loss.The organisation has partnered with pregnancy charity Tommy’s to access training and resources in ...
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J Murphy and Sons tailors fertility support to individuals
Civil engineering business J Murphy and Sons, which has 3,600 employees across the UK, Ireland and Canada, recognises that when it comes to providing support for fertility issues, circumstances can be very diverse, therefore, assistance cannot be offered on a one-size-fits-all basis.As a starting point, the organisation offers five days' ...
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BP provides wide range of menopause support and tools for staff
London-headquartered oil and gas firm BP, which employs around 14,500 members of staff in the UK, signed the UK Menopause Workplace Pledge in December 2021 as part of a commitment to recognise that the menopause can be an issue in the workplace and employees need support.BP’s executive vice president of ...
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Co-op supports staff during all forms of pregnancy loss
Co-op employs almost 60,000 people in a wide range of customer facing and support centre roles across divisions that span from food to funeral care and insurance. It introduced its pregnancy loss policy in June 2021. This covers all types of pregnancy loss including miscarriage, molar pregnancy, embryo transfer loss ...
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Timpson opens up menopause and HRT conversations through benefits
Credit: Mick Atkins / ShutterstockTimpson, which employs around 5,000 members of staff and is best known for its key cutting and shoe repair high street shops, introduced a new benefit in October 2021, which covers the cost of any hormone replacement therapy (HRT) prescriptions in order to raise awareness and ...
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Wickes supports staff with menopause and fertility benefits
UK home improvement retailer Wickes has more than 7,000 employees working at 233 stores across the country.The business rolled out the Peppy Menopause and Fertility services for its staff at the end of February as it had been looking to improve upon its family-friendly policy. Support for miscarriage and in ...
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How Santander UK supports its people through the menopause
Santander UK started supporting its colleagues through the menopause in 2019. It began by raising awareness of the menopause and its implications among its 21,900-strong employee base.The financial services company updated its communications with menopause key facts and sources of support and conducted a survey to better understand the needs ...
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Carnival UK hosts menopause awareness sessions as part of women’s health month
A cruise holiday organisation held line manager and employee menopause awareness sessions as part of its women’s health month in May.Carnival UK has 1,400 employees based at its UK head office and around 15,000 working across its fleet of 10 ships. The company designed its women’s health month to form ...