Endometriosis in the workplace: Supporting employees

We are delighted to welcome Vicki Hodges, from pausefully, as our expert guest for our Weds 11 December 2024 (12-12.30pm) Lunch and Learn, talking about endometriosis with Verve Healthcare's Steve Desborough. 

 

Endometriosis is a chronic condition that affects approximately 10% of women during their reproductive years. For trans men, who were assigned female birth, it's 25%. It's a common condition and for those people struggling with its debilitating sympoms, it can prevent people from really thriving at work and at home. 

 

Vicki is an expert by experience as well as by knowedge. She will bring her own story to the Lunch and Learn, with her insights into how she was treated as an employee, as a patient and as a colleague. Together, we'll talk about how employers can really support their workers who are experiencing endometriosis as well as what they can do to create a supportive workplace where everyone understands it's not 'just' about period pain. 

 

Let us add a link to Vicky's website and personal story 

 

Vicki speaks about feeling 'dismissed', of being prescribed The Pill as a teenager with no explanation, of the pain that caused workplace absence, a lack of understanding and her feeling the need to hide IVF treatments from her employer. Please - do read her story. 

 

Join us for our Lunch and Learn, where Vicki will share what employers can do to help. As she says, 'doing nothing will cost your business': 

 

 

Plus there is the cost of recruiting and retraining a single team member. 

 

Join is on 11 December. We are running this as a LinkedIn Live and so please do register and you'll get an alert when we start, plus a link to the recording.