Hi everyone,
We're doing a refresh on our policies ahead of some of the changes in legislation this year. I'm currently on our Menopause Policy.
The purpose of this policy is support our team and highlight what we offer and how they can feel more comfortable in the workplace. I've also made a concious decision to keep it as a seperate policy instead of including it in our sickness/absence/wellbeing policy because I feel by having a seperate policy might help people feel more comfortable talking about the subject.
However, someone has thrown a fun thought into the mix this morning, which sparked some debate. They asked if we should be refering to just "women", refering to FtM trans and Non-binery employees and suggested the language used in our policy could be more inclusive. We have a section at the begining of the policy taken from the NHS website defining what menopause/peremenopause is and that is where the reference to "women" comes from. Everywhere else we use the term "employees"
I'd be interested to hear thoughts on this.