After Soares-gate, EmploymentLawyerInYourPodcast-gate and JohnCReilly-gate, season 8 episode 9 starting with “Take 3” doesn’t bode well. But Simon and Jack are joined by Stephen and they (eventually!!) do get around to discussing a really important topic which is becoming of ever-increasing relevance to employers- menopause. They look at the case of Rooney v Leicester City Council, where an employee sought to establish her menopause amounted to a disability and then look at whether other protected characteristics could be relied upon to provide protections to individuals who are struggling at work due to the symptoms of menopause. And on behalf of Shownotes Simon…

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