The menopause:a looming disability for half of the population

Lack of confidence in managing menopausal symptoms in the workplace has accounted for the intent to resign, abandoned pursuits of promotional opportunities, and the avoidance of new project tenders. Women, trans, and non-binary people experiencing the menopause at work are often at the peak of their skills, experience, and careers, so there is a strong business case for supporting them through the process. Odessa Hamilton and Gina Osman suggest that companies make reasonable adjustments that are, in many ways, simple, of negligible cost and non-imposing.