Almost two thirds of women over 45 find work difficult due to symptoms of the menopause

According to a study by Forth With Life

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And 90% said that their employer had no support in place for women going through the menopause

Forth With Life, the biomarker tracking service, recently undertook a study of one thousand women based around the UK, all over 45 years of age and all currently in either full time or part time work, looking at how women in employment are affected by symptoms of the menopause.  The menopause is a seldom-discussed workplace matter, and yet it's something that affects hundreds of thousands of women every year. 77% of the women surveyed had already gone through the menopause, or were currently experiencing it, and just under two thirds of those respondents admitted that the symptoms they e...

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