Employment Rights | Menopause is already on your agenda, whether you have acknowledged it or not

Menopause is showing up in your absence data, your retention rates and your gender pay gap reporting. With the Employment Rights Act 2025 strengthening workplace protections, ignoring it is no longer a defensible position.

The fastest-growing demographic in the UK workforce is women aged 45 to 55. Menopause is part of that reality, and the cost of pretending otherwise is now measurable.

The cost of doing nothing

The numbers are uncomfortable to read and harder to dismiss.

1 in 10 employees leave work because of unmanaged menopause symptoms. Tribunal claims relating to menopause have tripled in the last two years, with payouts now frequently exceeding £60,000. Replacing an experienced senior employee can cost up to three times their salary.