Free toolkit · Menopause at work
The menopause-at-work toolkit.
Print, adapt, share.
Seven gold-standard templates for the conversations, policies, benefits and paperwork that menopause at work actually requires. Free. No login. Built so HR teams, line managers, employee networks and individuals can take what they need and use it tomorrow.
How to use this toolkit
- · Open any item. Hit Print, or save as PDF.
- · Adapt the bracketed [PLACEHOLDERS] for your workplace.
- · Keep the small Nila credit line at the bottom — that's all we ask.
- · Forward to whoever needs it: HR, your manager, a friend.
For the employee
Manager conversation script + adjustments request
A short, word-for-word script for the 1:1 with your line manager, plus a one-page reasonable-adjustments request you can hand to them or HR.
For HR
Menopause workplace policy template
A drop-in policy doc your HR team can adapt: definitions, adjustments, sick-leave handling, line-manager responsibilities, confidentiality, review cycle. Built from CIPD (UK), SHRM (US) and the Menopause Society consensus.
For line managers
Line-manager toolkit + 45-min training outline
What to do when someone discloses, what not to say, how to follow up. Plus a 45-minute training outline HR or an employee network can run with managers.
For the employee + manager
Return-from-leave plan
A two-page conversation framework for returning after menopause-related sick leave: phased hours, adjustments, review points, what to do if it isn't working.
For the employee
Discrimination evidence log
If something at work is starting to look like discrimination, write it down with date and quote. This is the template lawyers and tribunals expect. Hope you never need it. Worth a lot if you do.
For HR
Benefits & coverage audit
A worksheet for People and benefits leaders: what to ask your provider about MHT/HRT drug coverage, how to audit your EAP for menopause support people don't know is there, and how to evaluate a dedicated menopause-care vendor. Portable, with Canada notes.
For HR
Awareness & comms starter
How to open the conversation across the whole organization without singling anyone out: an all-staff announcement template, a 45-minute awareness-session outline, language do's and don'ts, and a short manager nudge.
Also in the toolkit
- · The long read: Menopause at work — the editorial pathway with the data, the symptoms-at-work map, the legal picture and the asks.
- · Disclosure scripts — word-for-word lines for the manager 1:1, the HR meeting, the colleague who asks, and the meeting you need to step out of right now.
- Menopause employer one-pager (PDF) — the printable brief to hand HR.
For benefits + HR leaders
Want the full thing for your team?
This toolkit is free. If your workplace is ready to fund a real menopause benefit, Nila Premium gives every employee the library, the tools and Nila chat. Annual seats from CAD $59 per employee, invoiced once.
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