Menopause Policy

Channel 4 launched the UK media industry’s first dedicated menopause policy on World Menopause Day 2019, aiming to support our employees experiencing menopausal symptoms and to provide guidance for line managers.

The policy has already made an impact, with a recent 4Womxn survey suggesting that 78% of Channel 4 staff feel better about Channel 4 as a place to work since the policy launched, whilst 10% of female employees have used or plan to use the policy to support their menopausal symptoms (13% of Channel 4 staff are women over the age of 45).

We also hoped to inspire our industry and beyond to talk about supporting women through menopause, and to introduce their own policies. The response so far has been really encouraging, with requests for a copy of our policy coming from sectors including media, finance, consulting and recruitment.

The need to support people at work during menopause is now greater than ever, with 30% of people reporting that their menopausal symptoms have worsened during the pandemic, according to a recent survey from The Menopause Hub. That’s why we decided to publicly publish our policy, which has been updated to reflect remote working conditions, on World Menopause Day 2020.

You can download our Menopause Policy here.

And if you’d like to receive any future policy updates, or to find out more about how we launched it, email 4WomensNetwork@Channel4.co.uk.