Perimenopause and menopause are related to women workers’ reproductive lives and pregnancy. The EEOC must list it in PWFA guidance.
It’s time for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and other government bodies to acknowledge the myriad ways perimenopause and menopause create barriers for working women.
Among the EEOC regulations is a non-exhaustive list of medical conditions related to pregnancy and childbirth that employers are obligated to accommodate. These reflect the arc of employees’ reproductive lives and needs at various points as they navigate and manage fertility; undergo pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period, including lactation; and likely experienceworking lives.
Several recent studies document the myriad ways perimenopause and menopause create barriers for millions of working women and further underscore that women of color are disproportionately impacted. Among the findings: Menopause also directly implicates pregnancy—the primary target of the PWFA. Women who give birth in their late 30s and early 40s can go right from postpartum to perimenopause; and symptoms of perimenopause, like erratic periods, can make unplanned pregnancies a possibility.
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