Menopause Risk Management for Managers

Practical training to help managers recognise and manage menopause-related workplace risks

Designed for construction, utilities, gas, engineering and other safety-critical workplaces, this interactive 2.5-hour course helps managers understand how menopause symptoms can interact with working conditions, job demands and existing workplace risks.

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About the course

This practical 2.5-hour course gives managers the knowledge and confidence to understand menopause at work, manage relevant workplace risks and support their people appropriately.

Participants learn how to identify relevant workplace factors, have sensitive conversations, consider proportionate controls and support their organisation’s Menopause Action Plan.

  • Deliver live online or in the workplace

  • 2.5-hour interactive course

  • Up to 20 managers per cohort

  • Sector-specific scenarios and discussion exercises

  • Menopause risk-assessment prompts

  • Workplace-adjustment checklist

  • Supportive-conversation guide

  • Manager action plan

  • Attendance certificates

  • Optional CPD accreditation

  • Follow-up resources for participants

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Why now?

Government guidance increasingly recommends organisations consider:

  • Manager training

  • Menopause risk assessments

  • Workplace adjustments

  • Occupational Health support

  • Relevant policies and procedures

For safety-critical workplaces, this includes considering factors such as temperature, PPE, uniforms, welfare facilities, hydration, rest areas and working patterns.

2027: Menopause Action Plans are expected to become mandatory for organisations with 250+ employees, subject to legislation.

Menopause isn't a workplace hazard

Menopause itself is not a workplace hazard, but the way work is designed and managed can influence how symptoms affect someone at work.

Relevant factors may include:

  • Heat and physically demanding work

  • PPE and restrictive uniforms

  • Shift work and fatigue

  • Driving and lone working

  • Machinery and safety-critical tasks

  • Working at height

  • Access to toilets, washing facilities and drinking water

  • High workloads and limited recovery time

  • Management support and workplace culture

Our approach helps managers consider the person, task, environment and management arrangements together, rather than making assumptions about an employee’s capability or safety.

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for people responsible for people, operations, health and safety or workplace risk.

  • Health & Safety managers

  • Line managers and supervisors

  • Site and project managers

  • Operations managers

  • Fleet and transport managers

  • HR and People professionals

  • Occupational Health teams

  • Wellbeing and inclusion leads

  • Senior leaders responsible for workplace risk

Construction, Utilities, Gas, Engineering, Manufacturing, Transport, Logistics and Field Services

What will managers learn?

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Understand menopause

  • Explain why menopause may be relevant to workplace health and safety

  • Understand common physical, cognitive and psychological symptoms

  • Recognise how menopause can affect people at work

Manage workplace risk

  • Recognise how symptoms may interact with workplace hazards and job demands

  • Apply the Person, Task, Environment and Management framework

  • Identify when an existing risk assessment may need to be reviewed

  • Consider proportionate controls and workplace adjustments

Take practical action

  • Hold sensitive and psychologically safe conversations confidently

  • Understand when to involve HR, Health & Safety or Occupational Health

  • Avoid discriminatory assumptions about capability or safety

  • Support their organisation’s Menopause Action Plan

  • Record, monitor and review agreed actions appropriately

What does the course cover?

  • Build a practical understanding of perimenopause, menopause and postmenopause, including physical, cognitive and psychological symptoms.

    Explore why experiences vary and why menopause can be relevant to the workplace.

  • Look at why menopause is more than a wellbeing issue in some working environments.

    Explore the difference between a symptom and a workplace risk, and introduce the Person, Task, Environment and Management framework.

  • Explore practical examples of how menopause symptoms may interact with:

    • Fatigue, shift work and driving

    • Concentration and safety-critical decisions

    • Heat, physical work and PPE

    • Heavy bleeding and access to welfare facilities

    • Joint pain and manual handling

    • Anxiety, workload and psychological safety

    • Lone, remote and site-based work

  • Explore the organisational responsibilities and guidance relevant to menopause at work, including:

    • Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

    • Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

    • Workplace welfare requirements

    • PPE responsibilities

    • Working time and fatigue

    • Equality Act 2010

    • Reasonable adjustments

    • Government menopause action-plan guidance

  • Learn how to:

    • Consider menopause within existing risk assessments

    • Identify relevant hazards and barriers

    • Apply proportionate controls

    • Review factors such as temperature, ventilation, welfare and PPE

    • Consider shift, workload and task adjustments

    • Understand when Occupational Health input may help

    • Record and review arrangements

  • Build confidence to:

    • Start a conversation without diagnosing

    • Ask appropriate questions

    • Maintain confidentiality

    • Understand what language to avoid

    • Explore practical support

    • Apply learning to realistic, sector-specific scenarios

    • Develop an action plan

The course framework

Person

Symptoms, individual circumstances and what the employee says would help

Task

Physical, cognitive, time-sensitive and safety-critical demands

Evironment

Heat, noise, lighting, PPE, uniforms, welfare facilities and isolation

Management

Shifts, workload, breaks, staffing, supervision and workplace culture

  • The relaxed format created a safe space for honest conversations about menopause. Victoria made everyone feel comfortable, supported, and confident to speak openly about their experiences.

    Mel HIcks, Head of People Experience

  • It is a safe space for women to discuss the changes they are facing.

    Sylvia Osaji, Quality Improvement Manager

  • I do not feel alone anymore, speaking to other women going through the same symptoms of perimenopause has really helped.

    Amanda, Local Government Officer

  • Excellent course. I would highly recommend.

    Melanie Chart, HR Consultant

  • The course was amazing. For someone who has been struggling with anxiety as part of my menopause symptoms. The thought of joining a call with strangers to talk about mental health and menopause was a daunting to say the least. But Victoria was fantastic, she put us all at ease. It was beautiful to hear other women feeling a similar way open up and share. So empowering and uplifting.

    Emma Stronell, Founder The Forward Edit

  • Menopause empowerment fuelled by information and community.

    Darcel Osei, Perimenopause Wellness and Life Coach

  • Very inclusive and supportive; 100% worth the investment of your time

    Dr Fiona Beddoes-Jones, Principal Psychologist

Meet the trainers

Victoria Brookbank

Workplace wellbeing specialist, mindfulness teacher, psychotherapist and Founder of Minds That Work.

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Haley White

Founder of Menospace and Co-Chair of the Society of Occupational Medicine’s Women’s Health at Work Network.

Hayely White Menospace

Behind MenoMinds are Haley White and Victoria Brookbank, two nationally recognised specialists in menopause, workplace wellbeing and mental health.

Combining decades of professional expertise with lived experience, they have supported hundreds of women and partnered with organisations across the UK to create more informed, compassionate and menopause-inclusive workplaces.

Ready to help your managers respond with confidence?

Give your managers the knowledge and tools to understand menopause, manage workplace risk and take practical action.

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