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Inclusive workplaces – supporting women through menopause
 
In this episode we discuss how workplaces can better support women going through menopause. Helen Tomlinson discusses her role as the Governments first ever Menopause Employment Champion and Kate Nowicki gives her thoughts and observation from her role as Acas Menopause Champion.
 
We’re joined by:
 
·        Helen Tomlinson – Head of Talent (UK & Ireland) for the Adecco Group and Menopause Employment Champion
 
·        Kate Nowicki – Director of Dispute Resolution for Acas.
 
We discuss:
 
·        The role of allyship
·        Importance of workplace culture
·        Implementing a menopause policy
 
 
Transcript available here:
 
 
 
Episode resources:
 
Further reading.
 
Menopause at work guidance:
 
https://www.acas.org.uk/menopause-at-work
 
Menopause and the law:
 
https://www.acas.org.uk/menopause-at-work/menopause-and-the-law
 
 
Upcoming events:.
 
Conference: Living and working with menopause
 
https://obs.acas.org.uk/ViewEvent.aspx?EventId=207038
 
 
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In this episode we will explore how employers can support their staff with reasonable adjustments for mental health, creating a healthy work culture and demonstrating a commitment to good practice.
We’re joined by:
Jo Yarker, Managing Partner at Affinity Health at WorkJulie Denning, Managing Director of Working To Wellbeing and Chair of the Vocational Rehabilitation AssociationFrancoise Woolley, Head of Mental Health and Wellbeing at Acas
We discuss:
what reasonable adjustments for mental health arewhat the law sayssupporting health and wellbeing
Transcript available at www.acas.org.uk/podcast/mental-health-at-work-reasonable-adjustments
Episode resources:
Find out more about reasonable adjustments for mental health at work
You can also:
read research and case studies about reasonable adjustments for mental healthfind training on mental health in the workplace
 Use our templates for:
making a mental health reasonable adjustment requestconfirming mental health reasonable adjustmentsreviewing and monitoring reasonable adjustments for mental health
NICE guideline: Mental wellbeing at work
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In this episode, Acas Senior Learning and Development Manager Garry Besford is joined by Acas apprentices to discuss apprenticeships and how they can benefit the individual and the organisation.
We discuss:
·      What an apprenticeship is
·      The benefits of hiring an apprentice
·      What makes a good apprentice
Episode resources:
https://www.acas.org.uk/about-us/job-roles-at-acas/acas-apprenticeships
https://www.acas.org.uk/young-workers-apprentices-and-work-experience/working-hours-for-apprentices
https://www.gov.uk/become-apprentice
Read Ben Littlewood's blog where he shares an apprentice's guide to loneliness at work and what support Acas can offer: https://www.acas.org.uk/an-apprentices-guide-to-loneliness-at-work
 


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In this episode Acas Area Director, Paul Beard, President of the Society of Occupational Medicine, Shriti Pattani and the Managing Director of the Ape Group, Alfie Payne unpack the topic of sickness absence, offering managers first-hand advice and best practice on how they can better manage it.
We discuss:

What makes a good absence policyWhen and how to utilise occupational healthThe mistakes managers often make when managing sickness absenceHow to support staff through the sickness absence process
Transcript available at: https://www.acas.org.uk/podcast/sickness-absence-how-employers-can-better-manage-sick-leave
 
Episode Resources:
Acas’s Absence from Work Guidance: https://www.acas.org.uk/absence-from-work
Society of Occupational Medicine: https://www.som.org.uk/work-and-health/information-employers
Training on sickness absence in the workplace here.
Read Dr Kabir Abraham Varghese (Society of Occupational Medicine) blog on referring employees to occupational health: https://www.acas.org.uk/helping-smes-understand-occupational-health
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It is important for employers to recognise and take steps to reduce work-related stress for their staff, encourage them staff to seek help at the earliest opportunity if they begin to experience stress.
We are joined by Rob McGreal, HSE Policy Lead for work-related stress and mental health and Francoise Woolley, Acas Head of Mental Health and Wellbeing.
We discuss:
·        What is work-related stress
·        Legal considerations
·        Supporting health and wellbeing 
Transcript available at https://www.acas.org.uk/podcast/work-related-stress-lifting-the-pressure-at-work
Episode resources:
Advice and guidance on how to support mental health and wellbeing at work: https://www.acas.org.uk/supporting-mental-health-workplace
Training on mental health in the workplace here
Caroline Bradshaw’s blog on ‘Make it routine to prevent work-related stress’: https://www.acas.org.uk/make-it-routine-to-prevent-work-related-stress
Kate Nowicki’s blog on ‘Handling change, avoid stress’: https://workright.campaign.gov.uk/blog-handle-change-avoid-stress
HSE stress and mental health at work advice and guidance: https://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/
HSE Working Minds Campaign: https://workright.campaign.gov.uk/campaigns/working-minds/
The campaign is calling for a culture change across Britain’s workplaces where recognising and responding to the signs of stress becomes as routine as managing workplace safety.
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In this episode, Acas Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Julie Dennis, and co-founder of Utopia and Token Man, Daniele Fiandaca, explore the importance of allyship in the pursuit for gender equality in the workplace, and in wider society.
This episode will cover a variety of allyship-related topics, some of which include; what is allyship, how men and women engaging in and committing to allyship benefits everyone, and suggestions for what organisations and leaders can do to encourage allyship, and reduce gender disparities in their workplace.
Episode Resources
·      Equality and Diversity At Acas: https://www.acas.org.uk/about-us/equality-and-diversity-at-acas
·      Menopause and the Law: https://www.acas.org.uk/menopause-at-work/menopause-and-the-law
·      Menopause at Work: https://www.acas.org.uk/menopause-at-work
·      If Your Treated Unfairly at Work: https://www.acas.org.uk/if-youre-treated-unfairly-at-work
·      Acas Training: https://obs.acas.org.uk/
·     Token Man Website: https://www.tokenman.org/
·     Masculinity in the Workplace report: https://www.weareutopia.co/publications

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Transcript at https://www.acas.org.uk/podcast/allyship-positively-moving-the-conversation-of-gender-equality-forward

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