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mThe menopause is a workplace issue: guidance and model policyFurther information for branches andunion reps22UNISON‘Gender, safety and health: a guide forsafety reps’ www.unison.org.uk/content/uploads/2016/07/23965.pdfWomen’s health and safetywww.unison.org.uk/content/uploads/2018/03/24899_Womens_HS_guide.pdf#BridgeTheGap gender pay gap campaignpage and resourceswww.unison.org.uk/bridgethegapUNISON Learning and Organising Services(LAOS)UNISON online learning – ‘Wranx’ trainingon ‘Raising Awareness: Menopause in theWorkplace’https://unionlearn.ulp.wranx.com/ to registeran interest in undertaking the online courseContact your regional education teams and / orLAOS to find out what training and resourcesare available to assist you with negotiating withyour employer or promoting the issues in thisguide with your membershttps://learning.unison.org.ukUNISON South EastWales TUC Cymru‘The menopause in the workplace: a toolkit fortrade unionists’www.tuc.org.uk/sites/default/files/Menopause%20toolkit%20Eng%20FINAL.pdf‘The menopause: a workplace issue – areport of a Wales TUC survey investigating themenopause in the workplace’www.tuc.org.uk/research-analysis/reports/menopause-workplace-issue-wales-tuc‘Menopause awareness in the workplace’coursewww.tuc.org.uk/courses-reps-wales-tucScottish Trades Union Congress (STUC)Information including a policy checklist andmodel menopause risk assessmentwww.stuc.org.uk/about/equalities/women/health-and-safety/menopauseSTUC women’s committee ‘Menopause & theWorkplace’ survey, January 2018www.stuc.org.uk/news/1343/menopauseTUCeNote ‘Menopause Support in the Workplace’www.tuceducation.org.uk/local/enotes/index.phpLabour Research Department (LRD)‘Women’s health and safety at work: a guidefor union reps’www.lrdpublications.org.ukCIPD‘The Menopause at Work: a guide for peopleprofessionals’ (aimed at HR managers)www.cipd.co.uk/Images/menopause-guide_tcm18-55426.pdfAlso additional guidance is available aimed atmanagers includingwww.cipd.co.uk/knowledge/culture/well-being/menopause/people-professionals-guidanceWork Foundation‘More than “women’s issues”: Women’sreproductive and gynaecological health andwork’www.theworkfoundation.com/press_releases/55658/Faculty of Occupational MedicineGuidance on menopause and the workplace‘Why the menopause is a workplace issue’workshop powerpoint slides www.unison.org.uk/content/uploads/2019/02/Why-themenopause-is-a-workplace-issue.ppsxwww.fom.ac.uk/health-at-work-2/informationfor-employers/dealing-with-health-problems-inthe-workplace/advice-on-the-menopause#
NHS WalesIn the health service sector, trade unions inWales have worked to implement a workplacemenopause policy for use across the NHS inWales.www.nhsconfed.org/-/media/Confederation/Files/Wales-Confed/Wales-Employers/FINAL-NHS-Wales-Menopause-Policy-19-Dec-18.pdf23
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