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14 - Women's Health is a Workplace Issue (and it's time we treated it like one)

14 - Women's Health is a Workplace Issue (and it's time we treated it like one)

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Picture a woman at her third appointment for the same health issue, doing math in her head about how many more half days she can take before her manager starts to wonder what's going on. This episode is about the connection between women's health and women's careers, built around the brand-new Gallup and Pivotal report, Women's Health: Barriers to Care, Barriers to Opportunity, a July 2026 survey of 5,232 U.S. adults, including 3,845 women. From there, the episode goes life stage by life stage: pregnancy and postpartum care (including how women feel about returning to work, whether they go back too early, and what the research says that does to them), periods and reproductive conditions like endometriosis and PCOS, chronic pain and the years-long wait for a diagnosis, mental health, and menopause. For each one, I look at what the data says about how women feel about taking time away and how they say they're treated when they do.I also dig into whether having a female manager versus a male manager changes any of this, and I cover the legal basics around pregnancy and accommodations.Then, five things women can do:• Keep two sets of records: health notes for your appointments, and a running record of your wins at work so a health-related absence doesn't erase your track record.• Learn your rights before you need them, including FMLA and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.• Make specific asks (a flexible schedule, remote days, adjusted deadlines) instead of general ones.• Decide what you share, and with whom, and lean on a sponsor or ally to speak for you in rooms you're not in.• Plan around leave: hand off with documentation, tell your sponsor what you want next, and ask for a re-entry conversation.And six things employers and managers can do:• Make leave financially possible, because the number one reason women return earlier than they want to is money.• Don't wait for women to disclose. Comfort talking about it doesn't lead to disclosure, so support has to show up proactively.• Train managers, both on having these conversations and on their legal responsibilities.• Make flexibility the default instead of a favor.• Keep health out of the promotion math, and ask women what they want instead of assuming.• Check your own habits as a manager: how you respond to the request matters as much as the policy.Sources Cited in This EpisodeGallup & Pivotal. (2026, September 18). Women's health: Barriers to care, barriers to opportunity. Gallup. https://www.gallup.com/file/analytics/714584/gallup-pivotal-report.pdfMarken, S., & Kemp, A. (2026, September 18). Women's healthcare barriers extend into work and family life. Gallup. https://news.gallup.com/poll/714221/women-healthcare-barriers-extend-work-family-life.aspxPivotal. (2026, September). New Gallup survey reveals the costs of overlooking women's health. https://www.pivotal.com/articles/gallup-survey-reveals-costs-overlooking-womens-healthDagher, R.K., McGovern, P.M., & Dowd, B.E. (2014). Maternity leave duration and postpartum mental and physical health: Implications for leave policies. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 39(2), 369–416. https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-2416247Pew Research Center. (2017, March 23). Americans widely support paid family and medical leave, but differ over specific policies.Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health. (2025, March). The interconnection of paid family and medical leave and maternal mental health [Issue brief].The Harris Poll. (2026, March). State of Maternal Health in America survey (N = 4,154 U.S. adults, including 1,516 women who are or have been pregnant), as reported in: 60% of US women face barriers to postpartum, mental health care. American Journal of Managed Care.Schoep, M.E., Adang, E.M.M., Maas, J.W.M., De Bie, B., Aarts, J.W.M., & Nieboer, T.E. (2019). Productivity loss due to menstruation-related symptoms: A nationwide cross-sectional survey among 32,748 women. BMJ Open, 9(6), e026186.Raves, D.M., Herrera, W.D., Darnell, M.E., Rice, T., Friedman, C., Moratti, S.C., Sims, S.T., Sihanath, W.B., Ehrhardt, S.N., & Phillips, A. (2025). A survey assessing the impact of symptoms related to the menstrual cycle and perceptions of workplace productivity: Considerations for employer-sponsored menstrual health programs. BMC Women's Health, 25, 418.Nnoaham, K.E., et al. (2011). Impact of endometriosis on quality of life and work productivity: A multicenter study across ten countries. Fertility and Sterility, 96(2), 366–373.Community Union. (2026, August). Menstrual health leave survey, as reported in: Most don't disclose menstrual health leave to managers. HR Magazine (UK). https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/news/most-don-t-disclose-menstrual-health-leave-to-managersThe Fuchsia Tent & Society for Women's Health Research. (2026, October 1). Menopause at work: From echo chamber to mainstream practice [Survey of 1,110 U.S. employees; press release]. PR Newswire. (...
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