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Menopause bin fire - ACAS this time.

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GCWorkNightmare · 22/09/2023 09:04

State of this. I feel a campaign coming on.

(a colleague shared this from an ACAS Menopause webinar.)

Menopause bin fire - ACAS this time.
Menopause bin fire - ACAS this time.
Menopause bin fire - ACAS this time.
Menopause bin fire - ACAS this time.
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LoobiJee · 22/09/2023 16:42

GCWorkNightmare · 22/09/2023 15:58

Same with pronouns. Costs employers precisely zero in money / time / effort to instruct their employees to put pronouns in their signature.

Which has been shown to disadvantage women. Why would you cheerlead that?

Why would you cheerlead that?

Because no one much cares about / pays attention to things that disadvantage women, presumably.

(I’m taking it that “you” was a generic “you” and a rhetorical question; and not a question directed at me.)

Melroses · 22/09/2023 16:53

Does work place private medical insurance cover menopause yet?

LoobiJee · 22/09/2023 16:58

MargotBamborough · 22/09/2023 14:26

Well this is really concerning, because it tells me that if I get into trouble at work for, e.g. not wanting to declare my pronouns, ACAS will not help me. When their job is to help me.

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Interestingly, their website says this:

“Protected characteristics and discrimination
^^
We're updating our advice on gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, sex, and sexual orientation. Our general discrimination advice above is relevant for all of these protected characteristics.”

Hopefully, they are taking advice from organisations who won’t misrepresent the legal position.

https://www.acas.org.uk/discrimination-and-bullying

Discrimination and bullying | Acas

https://www.acas.org.uk/discrimination-and-bullying

ErrolTheDragon · 22/09/2023 17:03

CapEBarra · 22/09/2023 09:20

Fucking hell. How would women - 99% of people who actually get the menopause even know that leaflet was for them? Is there a separate one for women?

And How the fuck are employers going to be aware of which people go through the menopause if the educators can’t even bring themselves to name who those people are?

Well... in practice, everyone actually knows it's women, and only women, who go through the menopause. I doubt anyone will be seriously confused by this silly document, but it does make ACAS look idiotic and not interested in maintaining women's rights.

popebishop · 22/09/2023 19:10

“It is important for employers to be aware of all the people who might go through the menopause or menopause symptoms”

doesn't this directly breach laws around GRCs? They want to know which people, however they identify, have female bodies? How very terfy.

popebishop · 22/09/2023 19:15

"It’s worse that that. It says “trans is an umbrella term that refers to individuals whose sex is different to that assigned at birth”."

Howling at this. As essentially no-one can be truthfully described as this, they have erased trans people. Numpties!

Grammarnut · 22/09/2023 20:47

No objection to DSDs being mentioned. Probably important. But trans? And not mention women at all? BS

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