05 Mar 2026| Online

Event prices

Private Sector

£860 +VAT

Public Sector

£460 +VAT £355* +VAT

*If registering more than 4 places

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Overview

With the Employment Rights Bill set to make menopause action plans mandatory, every employer in the UK with 250+ staff must be ready to respond.

This timely event provides clear, practical guidance to meet legal obligations, and the tools to go further. You’ll gain actionable advice on developing and implementing an effective menopause action plan, training managers to support staff, and building a workplace culture that values inclusion, wellbeing and retention.

Mandatory Menopause Action Plans: What Employers Need to Know will bring together experts, employers and practitioners to ensure organisations are compliant, prepared and leading the way on menopause at work.  

Why attend? 

  • Learn how to develop an effective menopause action plan, and ensure staff and their managers are supported to do their best work
  • Bring new, innovative ideas around creating a positive and menopause-informed culture in your workplace back to your organisation, with the insight needed to put them into practice 
  • Hear from leading figures on adapting workplace policy and practice to ensure that constructive frameworks for supporting menopause are implemented in your workplace
  • Connect online with peers and practitioners to share experiences and solutions

Who should attend?

This event is designed for HR professionals, line managers, senior leaders, consultants, trade unions, staff network leads, and anyone responsible for workplace wellbeing, diversity, and organisational culture.

Agenda
09:20

Welcome from Dods Events Diversity & Inclusion

09:25

Chair’s Opening Remarks

09:30

The Policy Shift: Why Menopause Action Plans Are Becoming Mandatory

  • Understanding your organisation’s legal responsibilities under the Employment Rights Bill
10:00

Comfort Break

10:15

Pause for Thought: Why is Menopause a Workplace Challenge

  • Key facts: what is menopause, and how is it experienced?
  • Understanding the impact on participation, performance, and wellbeing at work
  • Retention, sickness absence, and equity: insights from data and lived experience
10:45

Comfort Break

11:00

Getting Started: Creating a Menopause Action Plan

  • Aligning your plan with HR policies, wellbeing frameworks, and organisational goals
  • Effective launch and communication strategies 
  • Monitoring progress and evaluating measures taken
12:00

Lunch Break

13:00

Equipping Managers: Practical Support for Staff

  • Performance management: providing guidance on appropriate expectations
  • Managing sickness absence and improving attendance
  • From fans to flexible working: simple reasonable adjustments that make a real difference
13:45

Comfort Break

14:00

Employer Case Studies: Action Plans in Practice  

  • Examples of successful implementation from public and private sector organisations
  • What worked, what didn’t, and lessons learned
14:45

Beyond Compliance: Building a Culture of Inclusion

  • What does a menopause-friendly organisation look like?
  • Building trust: open culture, confidentiality, and when to act
  • Tackling the menopause taboo in male-dominated environments
  • Embedding and sustaining change through leadership, DEI strategies, and impact measurement
15:30

Chair’s Closing Remarks