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Menopause Awareness eLearning
Online menopause awareness training for the workplace: what colleagues may be experiencing, what adjustments actually help, and how to have the conversation without embarrassment.
Who it is for
Who this menopause awareness course is for
Women over 50 are the fastest-growing group in the UK workforce, and menopause symptoms cause experienced people to reduce their hours or leave altogether. Most of what keeps them is small, practical and cheap.
- Line managers and supervisors
- HR teams and wellbeing leads
- All staff, as part of inclusion training
- Colleagues who want to be more supportive
- Anyone experiencing menopause at work
- Employers writing a menopause policy
Course content
What the menopause awareness course covers
Eight short modules covering the symptoms that affect work, the adjustments that help, and how to raise the subject well.
What menopause is
Perimenopause, menopause and postmenopause, and the timescales involved.
Symptoms that affect work
Sleep disruption, temperature regulation, concentration, anxiety and physical symptoms.
The impact on working life
Confidence, performance, attendance and why experienced people leave.
Talking about it
Opening the conversation as a manager or a colleague, without prying or assuming.
Workplace adjustments
Temperature, uniforms, rest breaks, flexible hours, toilet access and quiet space.
The employment context
Where menopause can intersect with discrimination and adjustment duties.
Policies and culture
What a menopause policy contains, and why culture matters more than the document.
Support and signposting
Occupational health, GP, employee assistance and where to point someone next
Outcomes
What you will be able to do afterwards
- Explain what menopause and perimenopause are
- Recognise the symptoms most likely to affect work
- Raise the subject with a colleague respectfully
- Suggest practical adjustments that actually help
- Understand where menopause can intersect with employment law
- Signpost someone to appropriate support
Your legal duty
The law behind menopause awareness training
There is no menopause-specific legislation in the UK. What applies are the general duties. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 requires employers to ensure health, safety and welfare so far as is reasonably practicable, and the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 cover matters such as temperature, ventilation and welfare facilities that are directly relevant.
Employment law can also be engaged. Depending on the individual circumstances, menopause-related treatment may raise issues under the Equality Act 2010 - most obviously in relation to age, sex and disability. This course is awareness training and does not give legal advice on individual cases.
- No menopause-specific legislation exists in the UK
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 - health, safety and welfare
- Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 - temperature, ventilation and welfare facilities
- Equality Act 2010 may be engaged depending on the individual circumstances
Practicalities
How the course works
For employers
Menopause Awareness training for a team
Menopause awareness works best when managers and colleagues have both done it, the barrier is almost always awkwardness rather than unwillingness.
- One invoice instead of a card payment per person
- Licences allocated as people join, so induction is covered
- Completion and expiry reporting for your records
- Renewal reminders before certificates lapse
- Bespoke versions built around your own procedures
Reasonable adjustments and protected characteristics are covered more fully there. See the Equality and Diversity course →
Menopause Awareness eLearning: common questions
No menopause-specific legislation exists. The general health, safety and welfare duties apply, and depending on the circumstances the Equality Act 2010 may be engaged.
It depends entirely on the individual circumstances and the effect on day-to-day activities. That is a legal question for a specific case, not something a course can answer in general.
Yes. Most managers of women experiencing menopause are not themselves experiencing it, and awkwardness is the main barrier to support. The course is written for everyone.
Usually simple ones: temperature and ventilation, uniform flexibility, access to cold water and toilets, rest breaks, quiet space and flexibility around sleep disruption.
Not legally, but a policy makes it clear that requests are normal rather than exceptional. The course covers what one usually contains and why culture matters more.
About 30 minutes, with no time limit. Start it, pause it, and come back whenever suits. The certificate is issued the moment you finish.
Yes. It runs in a browser on any modern phone, tablet or computer, with nothing to install.
Yes. Open a business account and we invoice you for the licences, which you allocate as people need them, with completion reporting included.