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Are your company’s best menopause benefits hiding in plain sight?

6 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment of Ashish Kothari’s discussion on workplace support for employees undergoing the menopausal transition, the conversation centers on two practical, low‑hanging‑fruit actions that companies can take immediately. First, Kothari emphasizes the importance of surfacing difficult conversations—recognizing that employees may be struggling with workload, personal issues, or lack of resources, and that creating a safe space to discuss these challenges is a foundational skill for managers. Second, the speaker highlights the need for a benefits audit, asserting that most organizations already offer some form of menopause‑related support but may not be aware of it. By auditing existing benefits, companies can identify and operationalize resources such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and non‑hormonal treatments, ensuring employees have access to the medical options they need. The overall message is that with intentional dialogue and a simple audit, organizations can unlock and effectively deploy the menopause benefits they already possess.

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This is one of them. There might be other things. Somebody struggling with too much work. Somebody struggling with something else going on in their life. Somebody struggling with, you know, having, not having access to another resource or a difficult peer. This notion of how do we surface difficult conversations so we can, or how can we support people? How can we be helpful to the human on the other side regardless, right? This is just one of those. And You're talking about this as a foundational skill that can help. And then the third H, HRT and non-hormonal therapy access.
This is the low-hanging fruit. So two things that are really easy for companies to operationalize now. Number one, do a benefits audit. I guarantee you, you have benefits for people going through the menopausal transition.