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Menopause Awareness Month | It's time we changed our language around menopause in the workplace - here's how

It's time we changed our language around menopause in the workplace - here's how

The number of tribunals centering around menopause is rising. Tribunals are thought to have tripled in less than two years, and there is a key element to recent ones: language.

Whether it's referring to a 'biddy', a 'dinosaur' or 'aches and pains' there is often reporting of negative, throwaway and derogatory language toward women who 'dare' to speak up about going through menopause.

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