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Menopause-Friendly Workplace / Leave and Benefits Policies / Support for City Employees

Council File 25-1220

Under review — the city passed a motion unanimously to develop menopause-friendly workplace policies and gathered research on how other cities handle this. Now two committees are reviewing the department's recommendations, with no firm timeline yet for final policy decisions.

Introduced
2025-10-17
Last changed
2026-09-11
Status
open
Expires
2028-09-11
Committee
Personnel and Hiring Committee
Mover
KATY YAROSLAVSKY
Second
YSABEL JURADO

Brief

Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky moved to establish menopause-friendly workplace and leave benefits policies supporting city employees experiencing menopause. Council adopted the motion unanimously 15-0 in December 2025. The Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department submitted a responsive document in August 2026. The matter is currently pending in the Personnel and Hiring Committee and Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services and Neighborhoods Committee, with the latter committee continuing it on September 11, 2026 to a future date.

Full summary

In October 2025, Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky, seconded by Councilmember Ysabel Jurado, introduced a motion to develop menopause-friendly workplace policies and support programs for Los Angeles City employees. The initiative recognizes menopause as a significant life transition that can affect work performance and employee wellbeing, and seeks to address it through concrete city policy. The motion adopted by Council unanimously 15-0 on December 12, 2025 included a December 5 amendment directing the Civil and Human Rights and Equity Department, in partnership with the Commission on the Status of Women, to take four specific actions: convene roundtables with city employees across various career paths who have lived experience of menopause; research how other cities globally, including London and Melbourne, have moved to better support employees and residents experiencing menopause; report back within 120 days, and iteratively thereafter, on how Los Angeles can better support those needs and foster city-wide dialogue about menopause and its impacts; and report back on what steps the city would need to take to earn official accreditation as a Menopause-Friendly Workplace. The Personnel and Hiring Committee approved the motion on November 5, 2025, before full Council adoption. Following the Civil and Human Rights and Equity Department's submission of a responsive report in early August 2026, the City Clerk issued a corrected referral adding the Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services and Neighborhoods Committee as a reviewing body alongside Personnel and Hiring. The Civil Rights committee scheduled and then on September 11, 2026 continued the item without action to a date to be determined. The file remains active and pending in both committees. While the unanimous Council vote and the department's responsive report signal clear momentum, no final policy framework or accreditation pathway has yet been formally adopted.

Activity (16)

  • 2026-09-11 Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services and Neighborhoods Committee continued item to a date to be determined.
  • 2026-09-04 Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services and Neighborhoods Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on September 11, 2026.
  • 2026-09-01 Corrected Referral per Council President to include Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services and Neighborhoods Committee.
  • 2026-08-28 City Clerk rereferred item to Personnel and Hiring Committee, pursuant to Council File No. 26-2000.
  • 2026-08-05 Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department document(s) referred to Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging, and Disability Committee.
  • 2026-08-04 Document submitted by Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department, dated August 5, 2026.
  • 2025-12-16 Council action final.
  • 2025-12-12 Council adopted item forthwith.
  • 2025-12-09 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on December 12, 2025.
  • 2025-12-05 Motion referred to Council.
  • 2025-11-14 Council action final.
  • 2025-11-14 Council adopted item forthwith.
  • 2025-11-10 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on November 14, 2025.
  • 2025-11-05 Personnel and Hiring Committee approved item(s) .
  • 2025-11-03 Personnel and Hiring Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on November 5, 2025.
  • 2025-10-17 Motion referred to Personnel and Hiring Committee.

Documents (10)

Council votes (1)

  • 2025-12-12 Adopted Forthwith — 15-0-0 · Regular

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