Labour will make firms offer menopause-friendly measures

Dawn Butler said the policy would ‘support women experiencing the symptoms of menopause in the workplace’. Photograph: David Mirzoeff/PALarger companies will be obliged to introduce policies for women experiencing the menopause, such as flexible working hours and better awareness for managers, under a Labour policy to be announced at the party’s annual conference.The plan, to be outlined by Dawn Butler, the shadow women and equalities secretary, in a speech to the conference in