Real menopause support is needed to truly make the sector more diverse

By Nicola Hodkinson2025-02-26T09:32:00

Nicola Hodkinson, owner and director of Seddon, emphasises the urgent need for the construction industry to have strategies in place to support women through menopause.

The construction industry is often in the dark when it comes to understanding its workforce.

45% of construction leaders say that better data around workforce demographics is needed for managing teams effectively – and I count myself as one of them. This data gap is especially glaring when it comes to understanding how we support women through life stages like menopause.

On a country-wide scale, 70% of menopausal women feel unsupported at work during menopause. When you consider this statistic in a male-dominated industry like construction, where we want to build a more diverse workforce, this is a problem we cannot ignore.

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