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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 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...

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,...

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...