26 Aug 2021| Online

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Public Sector

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Overview
Thursday 26th August 2021 | Online

With menopausal women as the fastest growing demographic in the UK workforce, it is imperative that employers and managers are equipped to support their staff through the menopause. 

Similar to mental health or maternity provisions, supportive frameworks and managers can make a significant difference to staff, increasing productivity and staff loyalty, as well as reducing turnover and absence. 

Join us for ‘Supporting Menopause at Work’ to receive valuable insights from expert speakers into how menopause is experienced in the workplace, creating policies to support staff and training managers to ensure that the best outcomes are secured for your workforce and organisation alike.   

On-demand video recordings of all sessions will be provided to delegates following the event. 

Please click here to view the agenda.

Why attend? 
  • Learn how to ensure that menopausal staff and their managers are supported, to ensure that staff can 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
  • Enjoy an opportunity to network with expert speakers and your peers
Key Speakers
  • Julie Dennis, Director & Trainer, Menopause at Work
  • Deborah Garlick, Founder, Henpicked: Menopause in the Workplace
  • Professor Jo Brewis, Professor of People and Organisations, The Open University Business School
  • Jog Hundle, Partner, Mills & Reeve LLP
  • Lynn Lawless, People Strategy SME & Menopause Support Lead, HSBC
  • Dr Tonye Wokoma, Consultant in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Community Gynaecology, My Menopause Centre
  •  Sally Leech, Director, Menopause in the Workplace
  • Lee McNamara, Group Head of Internal Communications, DFS
  •  Alison Shemwell, Menopause Trainer
Who should attend? 

Anyone with an interest in creating an inclusive workplace, including: employers; HR managers/officers; wellbeing officers; senior managers; consultants; trade unions, staff network leads and representative groups.

Registration

Public Sector rate: 1 Place £195 (+VAT) | 4+ Places £150 each (+VAT)
Corporate rate: 1 Place £395 (+VAT)
Charity rate: 1 Place £145 (+VAT)

Registrations can be made online here.

To request a manual booking form, please email conference.admin@dodsgroup.com.

Agenda

Please find the full agenda below:

09.00
Welcome from Dods D&I

Kiren Kaur, Diversity & Inclusion Manager, Dods D&I

09.05
Chair's Opening Remarks

CHAIR: Deborah Garlick, Founder, Henpicked: Menopause in the Workplace

09.15
Pause for thought: why is menopause a workplace issue?
  • The business case for supporting menopause at work
  • Key facts: what is menopause, and how is it experience?
  • Examining the barriers which traditional practice poses for menopausal individuals

SPEAKER: Professor Jo Brewis, Professor of People and Organisations, The Open University Business School

09.45
Comfort Break
10.00
Duty of care: developing a menopause policy that protects staff and organisation alike
  • Understanding legal responsibilities under the Equality Act and Duty of Care
  • Performing a risk assessment and addressing the findings
  • Lessons learned from recent tribunals
  • Using your exisiting policies to inform and support new, menopause-focused guidelines

SPEAKER: Jog Hundle, Partner, Mills & Reeve LLP

10.40
Comfort Break
11.00
Managing Menopause: enabling managers can support their staff
  • 'One size does not fit all': ensuring managers can provide for individual needs
  • Performance management: providing guidance on appropriate expectations
  • Managing sickness absence and enabling greater attendance
  • From fans to flexible working: simple reasonable adjustments that make all the difference

SPEAKER: Julie Dennis, Director & Trainer, Menopause at Work

11.45
Comfort Break
12.00
Panel Discussion:
One-to-one: developing confidence to conduct sensitive conversations and building trust
  • Creating an open-door culture of trust and compassion
  • The path made clear: enabling staff to tell you what they need
  • How familiarity with policy can allow managers to guide staff towards solutions
  • Guidance on confidentiality, disclosure and when to act

SPEAKER: Lee McNamara, Group Head of Internal Communications, DFS

SPEAKER: Dr Tonye Wokoma, Consultant in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Community Gynaecology, My Menopause Centre

SPEAKER: Sally Leech, Director, Menopause in the Workplace

13.00
Break for Lunch
14.00
Changing Culture: breaking stigma and raising awareness about menopause at work
  • What does a menopause-friendly organisation look like?
  • How support groups can enable simple yet powerful change: a case study
  • Tackling the menopause taboo in male-dominated environments

SPEAKER: Lynn Lawless, People Strategy SME & Menopause Support Lead, HSBC

SPEAKER: Alison Shemwell, Menopause Trainer

14.45
Chair's Closing Remarks

CHAIR: Deborah Garlick, Founder, Henpicked: Menopause in the Workplace

15.00
Event Close