Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 84831

Reasonable Adjustments: Menopause

Tabled: 23 October 2025

Answered: 29 October 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of workplace (a) guidance and (b) protections for employees experiencing menopausal symptoms; and if her Department will issue new guidance to (i) small and

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

It is important that those who experience substantial and longer-term menopausal effects should be adequately protected from discrimination in the workplace, and that employers are fully aware of the issues their employees may be experiencing at work, and...

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