Source · Select Committees · Business and Trade Committee
Recommendation 32
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Deferred
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Develop and pilot a specific 'menopause leave' policy with a large public sector employer.
Recommendation
We endorse and support the recommendation by the Women and Equalities Committee that the Government should develop and pilot a specific ‘menopause leave’ policy with a large public sector employer.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response details the success of Automatic Enrolment for pensions and its ambition to expand it to younger workers and lower earners, noting its support for a Private Members' Bill to achieve this, but it completely ignores the committee's recommendation regarding a menopause leave policy.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
Deferred
The Government notes the Committee’s support for the Women and Equalities Committee recommendation that the Government should develop and pilot a specific menopause leave policy with a large public sector employer. As we said in response to that report, the Government does not believe that introducing or piloting a specific policy for menopause leave is necessary. Each woman’s experience of the menopause is different, and it is important that employers listen to the individual and agree what works best for them. For some women, time away from work may be an appropriate step for an employer to take. For others there will be other measures which will be more helpful—the opportunity to work from home, to move to a cooler part of the office, or to wear a more comfortable uniform, for instance.
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