Menopause support for FCA employees

Workshops

We host various workshops and sessions throughout the year to support colleagues affected by the menopause.  

The aim is also to educate other colleagues and managers on how they can support team members, and even family and friends, who are experiencing menopause.  

Our workshops are a safe place to provide insight into the experiences of perimenopause, menopause and post-menopause.

Other resources

We also support our people managers to have sensitive and difficult conversations by making sure they’re aware of the resources and support available to colleagues.  

As part of our wellbeing offering, we have a dedicated menopause support internal intranet page. 

Specialist menopause support

In 2024, we launched free access to Peppy[1], a wellbeing app providing confidential, specialist menopause support.

Peppy allows 2 people per FCA/PSR email address to access:

• One-to-one private consultations and chat.
• Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) prescriptions.
• Live events, courses and expert-created resources.

More resources

All colleagues also have access to our occupational health provision.  

We can refer colleagues to this clinical service, so medical professionals can assess their condition and how it affects their day-to-day life, and recommend support to meet their needs.

All colleagues can access our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), which is a 24/7 support line. Colleagues who are experiencing menopause can speak to an independent adviser on a confidential basis.

We have a range of diversity networks, including our:

• Gender equality network (Balance).
• Age network (Generate).
• Minority ethnic women’s network (Elevate).
• Parents and carers’ network. 

All support women of all age groups and ethnicity. These networks collaborate to deliver events to support colleagues going through the menopause and other menstrual health topics to educate their peers and line managers.

We have a monthly Menopause café, a friendly discussion group open to all ages and gender, where participants can swap tips and support each other.

We’re also a member of WorkLife Central[2], which our carers and parents network uses to access menopause support resources. 

Reasonable adjustments

We use reasonable adjustments to provide support and remove or reduce barriers for colleagues with disabilities or long-term conditions (including the menopause) wherever possible. 

Flexible working

Our menopause policy states: short-term (informal) flexible working arrangements may help employees experiencing perimenopausal symptoms.  

Managers can agree these arrangements after discussing them with the employee. They do not always need an occupational health or a workplace needs assessment. 

Although we don’t offer a specific menopause risk assessment, our employees can have an occupational health assessment to see whether they need any adjustments.  

This could include provisions already available to employees:

• Ergonomic furniture, requested through occupational health.
• A range of seating areas and places for people to rest / quieter areas / sofa seating.
• Accessible toilet facilities on each floor.
• Cold drinking water is available on each floor in our kitchens.

The FCA and PSR have a menopause policy and procedure which was created to meet the needs of our employees experiencing menopause. This was last updated in June 2024.