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<\/a>Asked for comment, MS Founder Diane Danzebrink\u00a0 said the research was \u201cshocking but sadly not surprising\u201d.<\/p>\nA survey of 2,000 women aged 45 to 67 across the UK experiencing menopause symptoms found that this lack of support is having a direct impact on their decisions to leave the workplace. The women said it was the second most devastating impact on their career to date, only just behind having children.<\/p>\n
It found that a quarter of the women surveyed (24%) are unhappy in their jobs because of a lack of support, with 63% noting that their place of work has not introduced any kind of policy to make things easier for women going through menopause.<\/p>\n
In total, one in four of those questioned by Research Without Barriers said a lack of support from their workplaces had left them deeply unhappy in their jobs.<\/p>\n
\u201cWomen should never be pushed out of the workplace because of their biology. Menopause is a natural part of women\u2019s life course, and shouldn\u2019t mean the end of their career,\u201d said Rachel Carrell, the founder of\u00a0Koru Kids<\/a>, which commissioned the research. \u201cAs a society, we need to support older women with flexible working and health support so they don\u2019t fall out of the workplace needlessly.\u201d<\/p>\n Nearly three-quarters of women who took part in the research said their workplace did not have a forum or space where they could talk openly about the menopause with their colleagues or employers, exacerbating their feelings of isolation and distress.<\/p>\n Diane Danzebrink said:<\/p>\n \u201cWomen supported through menopause will remain in the workplace and achieve their full potential and employers will retain valuable members of their teams,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a win-win situation for employers and employees, it\u2019s as simple as that.\u201d<\/p>\n