How Employers Can Support Employees Going Through Menopause at Work
success.com.“The average age of menopause is 51 years and symptoms become prevalent up to 10 years prior to onset,” according to Catherine Hansen, MD, OB-GYN and telehealth MD at Pandia Health. “Midlife women over 40 are one of the fastest growing segments of the population.
There are over 6,000 women entering menopause in the U.S. daily.” published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, researchers found that “around one-third of working women report significant difficulty coping with their menopausal symptoms at work.” The previously mentioned Mayo Clinic survey also revealed that menopause is having a “major negative impact” on this demographic and their workplace outcomes, calling for improved medical treatments and workplace support systems.
In the survey, 10.8% of women reported that they had missed work due to symptoms during the year prior and 5.6% reported that they had reduced their hours within the last six months.
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