“…EMAS is leading in health and wellbeing frameworks and
policies to incorporate menopausal health as part of
the wider context of gender and age equality and…”.1

Umbrella

What may the Menopause and the Workplace Guidance Umbrella include?

Depending on the Source (DotS) this Umbrella may include:

  • For Workplaces
  • Menopause Workplace
  • Menopause Workplace Guidance
  • Menopause Workplace Policy

Menopause Society

Menopause and the Workplace GuidanceWhere may I find information about the Menopause Society’s (formerly the North American Menopause Society) Making Menopause Work, published September 2024?

You may find information in Making Menopause Work and The Menopause Society Launches Making Menopause Work™ Initiative.

What is the Menopause Society’s Menopause and the Workplace: Consensus Recommendations From The Menopause Society?

In Menopause and the Workplace: Consensus Recommendations From The Menopause Society, published September 2024, the Menopause Society elaborate on:

“These recommendations include, among other things, suggestions for employers to review policies and healthcare plans and benefits and to consider flexibility and accommodations that may be needed for some women with menopause symptoms”.3

European Menopause and Andropause Society

Menopause and the Workplace GuidanceWhat is the European Menopause and Andropause Society’s (EMAS) EMAS Menopause In the Workplace?

In EMAS Menopause In the Workplace the EMAS explain:

“…EMAS is leading in health and wellbeing frameworks and policies to incorporate menopausal health as part of the wider context of gender and age equality and reproductive and post-reproductive health”.4

Menopause Definition

What is menopause?

DotS the definition of menopause may vary. In Menopause: How Menopause Occurs the World Health Organization’s definition is:

“Natural menopause is deemed to have occurred after 12 consecutive months without menstruation for which there is no other obvious physiological or pathological cause and in the absence of clinical intervention”.4

Menopause Age

What is the average age of menopause?

In What Is Menopause? Definition of Menopause the Australasian Menopause Society (AMS) explain:

“Most women become menopausal naturally between the ages of 45 and 55 years, with the average age of onset at around 51 years. Surgical menopause refers to menopause as a result of bilateral oophorectomy. Premature menopause or premature ovarian insufficiency may occur before the age of 40 due to natural ovarian function ceasing, following surgery to remove the ovaries, or as a result of chemo/ radiotherapy. Menopause is considered “early” when it occurs between 40 and 45 years”.5

Menopause Symptoms Duration

What is the average duration of menopause symptoms?

On page one and two in Optimising the Menopause Transition: Joint Position Statement By the British Menopause Society, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Society for Endocrinology on Best Practice Recommendations for the Care of Women Experiencing the Menopause, first published online 10 June 2022, the authors elaborate on:

“It is estimated that menopausal symptoms affect more than 75% of women, with over 25% of women describing severe symptoms. Furthermore, menopausal symptoms may last for a long time with an average duration of 7 years, with a third of women experiencing symptoms beyond 7 years”.6

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  1. EMAS Menopause In the Workplace. European Menopause and Andropause Society https://emas-online.org/menopause-in-the-workplace/ Accessed: 07 September 2024
  2. Menopause Society. Menopause and the Workplace: Consensus Recommendations From The Menopause Society. September 2024 https://journals.lww.com/menopausejournal/abstract/2024/09000/menopause_and_the_workplace__consensus.3.aspx Accessed: 10 September 2024
  3. EMAS Menopause In the Workplace. European Menopause and Andropause Society https://emas-online.org/menopause-in-the-workplace/ Accessed: 07 September 2024
  4. Menopause Terminology: Glossary of Definitions – Menopause. Page 4. International Menopause Society https://www.imsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMS-English-Factsheet-4-glossary.pdf Accessed: 07 September 2024
  5. What Is Menopause? Definition of Menopause. Content Created May 2022. Australasian Menopause Society https://www.menopause.org.au/hp/information-sheets/185-what-is-menopause Accessed: 07 September 2024
  6. Hamoda, H., Mukherjee, A., Morris, E., Baldeweg, S. E., Jayasena, C. N., Briggs, P., Moger, S. Optimising the Menopause Transition: Joint Position Statement By the British Menopause Society, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Society for Endocrinology on Best Practice Recommendations for the Care of Women Experiencing the Menopause. First Published Online 10 June 2022:1-2 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20533691221104882 Accessed: 07 September 2024
Topic Last Updated: 01 October 2024 – Topic Last Reviewed: 07 September 2024