Financial provision: An invisible cohort?

Family Law Partners | Family Law Journal | June 2022 #214
Farhana Shahzady asks whether family lawyers are failing women who are going through the menopause The worry is that the voice of some women is being lost and the level of hardship some women are being asked to endure due to menopause in later life is far from fair, when ironically fairness is the backdrop …

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Discrimination: Should the menopause be a specific protected characteristic?

Irwin Mitchell LLP | Employment Law Journal | November 2021 #225
Jenny Arrowsmith and Joanne Moseley examine the business case for supporting employees going through the menopause and discuss whether greater legal protection is required for those experiencing symptoms The menopause is not specifically protected under the Equality Act 2010 and most complaints are characterised as a form of disability, sex or occasionally age discrimination. The …

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