TSSA Menopause survey in GWR

TSSA has been seeking to improve the guidance that GWR has for both Managers and staff on the Menopause and so we would really value any input our members can provide to allow us to assit GWR to implement guidance that truly helps and is fit for purpose. We have a meeting scheduled with GWR on the 26th of November which TSSA Company council representative Rosemary Ede will be attending and using your feedback to steer her in those talks.

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* 1. What is your age?

20 or younger

21-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60 or older

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* 2. Have you ever had perimenopausal or menopausal symptoms? (Select all that apply)

perimenopausal symptoms

menopausal Symptoms

Not sure

None of the above

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* 3. Have you ever wanted or needed to go to your line manager to discuss any of the above symptoms?

Yes and we sat down and dicussed it

Yes but I didn't feel i could so didn't and had no assistance at work

Yes but didn't feel i could so sought assistance from HR instead

Yes but didn't feel that i could so sought assistance from a colleague

Yes but didn't feel i could so sought assiatnce from my trade union

No i have never had those symptoms

No i have had those symptoms but didn't need assistance at work

Other (please specify)

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* 4. If Yes was in any of your reponses to the previous question, did you feel you received the assistance that you needed?

Yes, i felt fully supported

Yes, I felt I had some support but it could have been better

No, the assitance didn't meet what i needed

Feel free to explain your answer further below

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* 5. If you had support from GWR (manager or otherwise) were any of the below things considered? (please select those that apply)

Flexible working requests (either permanent or temporary)

A risk assesment to asses the full scope of support that could be offered to you?

A workplace assesment to ensure that the environment wasn't worsening symptoms

Paid leave/time off

Offering to move you to a cool and quiet workspace

Other (please specify)

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* 6. What support do you feel GWR could offer to colleagues suffereing from these symptoms that Could help them?

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* 7. Do you think that your colleagues were aware of menopause and supportive

Yes all were

Yes the majority were

It was a real mix of understanding

No the majority were not

None of my colleagues understood it or were supportive

Any other comments or examples

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* 8. Do you think there is a need for GWR to run Menopause awareness training for colleagues and managers?

Yes

Maybe

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* 9. Were you aware that GWR has Menopause guidance available

Yes i found it helpful

Yes but i didn't find it helpful

Yes but i couldn't find it

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* 10. If you would like to be contacted about your responses to the survey in advance of the meeting on the 26th of November please provide the following:

Name

Email Address

Phone Number

Over 30% of TSSA's members in GWR identify as Female but we'd like more to join, if you have colleguaes that aren;t in a trade union please encourage them to join online www.tssa.org.uk/join and ask for a link to this survey to complete it

Thank you for filling in this survey