Encouraging people to speak about their mental health matters. But a supportive workplace also needs to know what to do when they do.
A menopause policy can be approved, published and technically complete without changing a single employee’s experience.
For employers, that has a clear connection to hormone health at work. Trust is not created by a policy or an awareness campaign alone. It develops when people can find credible information, understand what support is available and know what will happen if they ask for help.
For many organisations, menopause support has started with awareness.
Menopause support has helped open an important workplace conversation. More employers now understand that symptoms can affect confidence, concentration, sleep, energy, attendance and progression. That progress matters.
The life sciences sector is built on evidence, innovation and better health outcomes. So why is women’s hormone health at work still so often treated as a peripheral issue, asks Sarah Davies, Managing Director of Balance@Work?
Many employers have made progress on menopause awareness. Policies have been written. Webinars have been delivered. Internal campaigns have opened conversations that were too often ignored. That progress is important. But HR leaders are now facing a more practical question. What changes after awareness? If employees still do not know where to go, if managers still feel unsure what to say, and if overall hormone-health awareness and support is still limited to one awareness moment each year, the organisation may have visibility without infrastructure. The next step is action.
The launch coincides with the release of their new survey data next week, in which the majority of women say hormone-related symptoms stop them from performing their best at work. Dr Louise Newson, Sunday Times bestselling author and hormone expert, today announces the launch of its new dedicated business Balance@Work ‘Hormone Health Working Well.’ The organisation is led by Managing Director Sarah Davies, who brings over ten years of menopause workplace education experience.
Endometriosis is often invisible, painful and difficult to predict. Employers cannot treat it, but they can make work more manageable through dignity, flexibility, trained managers and better work design.
A new survey has revealed that 28% of women have considered leaving the workforce altogether because of their hormone-related symptoms, highlighting the significant impact that menopause, perimenopause and hormone conditions including PMDD and PCOS / PMOS can have on workplace participation and staff retention. The research was published today by Balance@Work as part of their Hormone Health at Work report, which aims to show how hormone-related symptoms may affect performance, participation, and career decisions in women long before they appear in workplace absence or attrition data.
Brain fog can affect confidence, communication, decision-making and productivity. Employers need to look not only at symptoms, but at how modern work overloads the brain.
79% said hormone-related symptoms had affected their work participation or career decisions, while 24% had already left a role or organisation because of hormone health.
PMS, PMDD and menopause can affect work in recurring patterns. Managers do not need to diagnose, but they do need to respond with curiosity, consistency and care.
More than a quarter of women have considered leaving the workforce because of hormone-related symptoms, according to new research from Balance@Work.
Many of the people managing, sponsoring and budgeting for menopause support will be men. They do not need to know everything, but they do need to listen, learn and lead without embarrassment.
The Metropolitan Police PMDD Support Network was established to provide support, raise awareness and create a safe space for those affected by Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD). In this personal account, the network's founder shares her experience and the impact the network has had within the organisation.
Personnel Today has featured Balance@Work's latest Hormone Health at Work research, exploring how hormone-related symptoms can affect women's working lives, career progression and decisions about remaining in employment.
Hormone health doesn't begin and end with menopause, yet too many workplace conversations still do. In this article, Sarah Davies, Managing Director of Balance@Work, explores why employers need to take a broader approach to hormone health, the hidden impact it's having on careers and productivity, and the practical steps organisations can take to better support and retain talented employees.
We’re losing experienced, talented women from the workforce because hormonal symptoms are still being overlooked, misunderstood and too often left untreated.
Balance@Work is launched by Dr Louise Newson to ensure hormone health is on every employer’s agenda.
The workplace impact you don't always see. Based on responses from 5,592 women, our latest report uncovers how hormone health is affecting careers, confidence and workplace performance.
Menopause opened the workplace conversation, but hormone health is much broader. Discover why employers need a more practical, inclusive approach to supporting their people
Menopause has helped change the workplace conversation- but it's only part of the picture. From PMS and PMDD to PCOS/PMOS, postnatal depression and perimenopause, hormone health affects employees throughout their working lives. Discover why leading organisations are moving beyond menopause to create a broader, more inclusive hormone health strategy.
The conversation around workplace hormone health is evolving. Discover why a wider strategy can create healthier, more inclusive workplaces
Have you had a conversation at work about mepause? If not, it's OK to talk about menopause and how it affects you or your colleagues at work.
Every day we hear from women whose symptoms are being misdiagnosed, which makes Penny Lancaster’s story hit close to home. She talks with Dr Louise Newson about the months she spent thinking she was depressed, the antidepressants she was offered in lockdown and the moment she realised her symptoms were linked to menopause.
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