Understanding Gender Identity: The Foundation of an Inclusive Workplace
Gender isn’t as binary as merely male and female. Employers aspiring to accomplish their diversity and inclusion objectives must recognize that gender is a fluid concept. The initial step towards appreciating the influence of gender inclusivity on the workplace is to comprehend the spectrum of gender identity. Let’s unravel the...
Why Businesses Can’t Afford NOT to Support Menopause
Around the world, menopause and other underserved areas of health are costing businesses billions. These are the neglected areas of health that lack attention, support, and investment, despite being common issues. Underserved areas of health include: Menopause Men’s health, including low testosterone, or prostate cancer Women’s health, such as conditions...
The Concern of Men’s Health in the U.S.: What Employers Can Do.
Why are we discussing men’s health today? We talk about it because it matters – to individuals, families, communities, and indeed, businesses. Men in the U.S. have higher mortality rates than women across the top 10 causes of death. Alarmingly, throughout their adult life, men in the U.S. generally have...
It’s time to face facts about men’s health at work
These are the facts: men spend a significant chunk of their lives in the workplace, clocking in more hours than their female counterparts. Coincidentally, men also face the onset of serious illnesses much earlier than women, with heart disease striking them on average ten to fifteen years in advance. Shockingly,...
The Gender Mental Health Gap: How Employers Can Empower and Support Female Employees
You’ve heard of the gender pay gap, but what about the gender mental health gap? Recent studies reveal widening discrepancies between men’s and women’s mental health – from adolescence and beyond. When we talk about women, we are including people who were assigned female at birth or who self-identify as...
Why Employers Must Embrace Inclusive LGBTQI+ Healthcare
In today’s competitive business landscape, prioritizing employee wellbeing and fostering an inclusive work environment are key to success. Specialized LGBTQI+ healthcare is a benefit that forward-thinking employers are turning to in order to stay ahead of the curve. This is a new era of workplace healthcare and an essential for...
Why employers need to tackle testosterone
Low testosterone is a silent epidemic sapping the energy levels of up to one-in-four men in your workplace, despite only 5% exhibiting clinical symptoms associated with testosterone deficiency. Here’s what employers need to know about Low-T and how to tackle it head-on.
LGBTQ+ and Fertility — How to offer inclusive support
At Peppy, we believe that everybody’s health journey matters. Every fertility journey matters regardless of your sexual orientation, gender identity, or how you choose to grow your family. However, choosing non-traditional methods of family building may lead to some issues traditional workplace support for parents may not cover. The panel...
Regular self-examination could mean you avoid a big ball ache in the long run. Professor Geoff Hackett explains what you need to know and how to check your balls. Quick Facts Most men who develop testicular cancer have no risk factors at all. Lumps, bumps and changes in the shape...
Fertility – the Extra Challenges Faced by the LGBTQ+ Community
Forward thinking companies looking to attract and keep their talent are offering fertility support as part of their benefits package. Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance recently became the first UK law firm to include fertility investigations and treatment in employees’ private medical insurance. This was following the popularity of...
Understanding the language of LGBTQIA+ at work
What does ‘LGBTQIA…+’ stand for? LGBTQIA+ is an acronym for the myriad of different people within our community including lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual and others including non-binary, gender queer, gender fluid and two spirit. There are so many different people within our community, so LGBTQ+ is just...
The Hidden Link: Menopause, Stress and the Modern Workplace
Employers, it’s time to step up and support your female coworkers. For too long now, women have been suffering in silence, and although the conversation is starting to change, it’s your duty as an employer to learn about menopause, the impact it’s having on your female coworkers, and what support...
Six Actionable Steps Companies Can Take to Achieve Health Equity In The Workplace
Creating a diverse workplace is a top priority for businesses today, but are employers doing everything they can to ensure that the healthcare benefits they offer genuinely cater to everyone? As an HR or employee benefits professional, you play a crucial role in shaping the health and well-being of your...
How to Tackle Employee Burnout
We all think of April as the start of Spring, but did you know that April is also Stress Awareness Month? For employers, this is an important annual reminder of the modern-day stress epidemic – its causes and cures. Now is the time to check in on your own well-being,...
Making a Business Case for Gender-Specific Benefits During a Cost of Living Crisis
Increasing household bills will have a disproportionate effect on women, who are more likely to be managing tightening household budgets as well as juggling work and their own welfare. Women are more often recognized as primary caregivers than men, as well as being far more likely to take financial responsibility...
What is Endometriosis—and Why Should Employers Care?
Endometriosis is not a term discussed in most conference rooms, but it impacts the bottom line of every business in every industry. Experienced by roughly 1 in 10 women, it’s a condition in which endometrial tissue is found outside the uterus. And it’s something all Human Resources departments need to...
5 Ways To Support Employees With Endometriosis
Despite current efforts, female health and menstruation can often feel like a stigmatized subject in a place of work. It’s important that we recognize the struggles of those living and working with Endometriosis, which starts with businesses embracing a wider understanding of the condition and how it affects their workforce....
How High-Impact Health and Well-being Support Can be a Powerful Tool for Building Employer Brand
Employer branding is increasingly the most important tool in attracting a diverse range of employees. Following recent years, financial stability is no longer a certainty, and your employees face a world of pandemic, economic crisis and global unrest; needless to say, they’re likely tired and anxious about their future. With...
How employers can honor International Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day (IWD) which celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women around the world. As employers, IWD is a good opportunity to reflect on your company’s commitment to equality in the workplace and to celebrate the achievements of the women on your teams. Honoring...
Equality Vs. Equity: What Do They Mean In The Workplace?
This year’s International Women’s Day theme is “Embracing Equity.” According to the IWD organization, the goal of the 2023 theme is “to get the world talking about why equal opportunities aren’t enough. People start from different places, so true inclusion and belonging require equitable action.” The difference between equality and...
Today marks the launch of a new report we’ve been working on with our partners at the Rewards and Employee Benefits Association (REBA). The report ‘Examining inclusive wellbeing in the workplace’ seeks to uncover current and future HR objectives, as well as organizational risks – with a view to understanding...
PCOS & Eating Disorders: What’s the Connection?
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrine disorders among people with ovaries of reproductive age, affecting up to 20% of people that fit this description. Some of the common symptoms of PCOS include: Missed or irregular periods Excess body hair Weight gain, especially around the abdomen,...
What is International Women’s Day and Why Does It Matter?
International Women’s Day (IWD) is an annual event on March 8th, which celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women around the world. This day not only honors the progress that has been made towards achieving gender equality and equity, but also serves as a call to action...
How To Use Benefits to Increase Female Leadership at Enterprise Companies
Did you know that companies in the top quartile for gender diversity on exec teams are 25% more likely to have above-average profitability than companies in the fourth quartile? Despite this, according to the Women in the Workplace Report from McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.org, women make up only 21%...
Workplace Menstrual Leave: Should HR Consider It?
Offering robust parental leave for new parents is considered table stakes these days at any employer of choice. But introduce the idea of period or menstrual leave, and you’ll often hear crickets. This is despite the fact that about 40% of people who have periods report that their menstrual pain...
An HR’s Guide To Writing a Menopause Policy
As we move further into 2023, many company leaders are likely reflecting on the past year and reevaluating their HR strategy—especially in terms of their company policies and employee handbooks. Recent global events have increased the need for important HR policies like COVID-19 leave, work-from-home or flexible work policies, further-reaching...
9 Easy Tactics Employers Can Implement to Help Menopausal Women
On Jan. 19, we hosted a webinar with HealthyWomen where we discussed the secret struggles of female employees—specifically Menopause. Peppy’s VP of Menopause and Women’s Health Services Dr. Barb Dehn was joined by HealthyWomen CEO Beth Battaglino to discuss how these struggles affect women in the workplace and what employers...
The Benefits of Workplace Wellness Programs
As it stands, about half of U.S. employers offer wellness initiatives, yet less than half of employees feel that their workplace environment allows them to maintain good health. Why? Well, there are a number of pretty straightforward reasons—chief among them are that oftentimes, employers, leaders, and HR teams simply don’t...
An HR guide to launching a workplace menopause survey
HR leaders: do you really know what’s going on with your employees? If you answered yes, you’ll likely point to the data gleaned from your yearly or quarterly employee engagement survey. And while this is certainly a great start—there’s still something missing. And it means that 20% of your employees...
3 ways HR can improve employee retention for midlife women
In the wake of the Great Resignation (or Great Reshuffle), employee retention has never been a higher priority for human resources teams than it is now. In fact, according to Lattice, 83% of teams are investing either “somewhat” or “significantly” more into employee retention than they have in the past. ...
Peppy US set for rapid expansion in 2023
Our growth story so far and why securing Series B funding really matters When we launched Peppy in 2018, I don’t think any of us could quite have anticipated how incredible the next few years would be. Peppy has seen some huge milestones reached, with the latest being news of...
Menopause and the Retirement Wealth Gap – what’s the connection?
Despite the fact that most Americans find it difficult to save for retirement, women face even greater obstacles to saving, largely because of the ongoing gender wage gap that eventually results in a gap in retirement wealth. In retirement, older women receive approximately 80 percent of the retirement income of...
How digital healthcare employee benefits create a more inclusive workforce
For a truly inclusive workforce, digital healthcare is the answer. An inclusive workforce means that everyone is included, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, or ability. Because it is inherently diverse, it requires a personalized approach to employee well-being to meet the various individual needs of each colleague. Digital healthcare...
Menopause support within law firms: keep the conversation going
This article first appeared in the November 2021 issue of PLC Magazine Emma Lim and Jenny Clayton of Simmons & Simmons LLP and Kathy Abernethy, Peppy’s Chief Nursing Officer discuss the different ways in which law firms can support their employees through menopause. The days when menopause was considered to...
Menopause: It’s not just a women’s workplace issue? Here’s what you can do
Since a French physician first coined the term in 1821 – and arguably as far back as the third century BC when the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle is believed to have studied the subject – mankind has known about menopause. The earliest known references to menopause date back more than...
