In R.I., menopause added to list of workplace protections

Katie Castellani

09/26/2025

FEELING PROTECTIVE: Sen. Lori Urso, left, and Rep. Karen Alzate, both Democrat lawmakers from Pawtucket, led the effort to amend Rhode Island’s Fair Employment Practice law to include menopause-related health issues to the list of medical conditions that employers have to accommodate.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Sitting in front of a microphone, donning bright-pink glasses, Lori Urso proceeded to educate a room of mostly men about a topic most don’t talk about – menopause. “Now look, this is an awkward conversation,” Urso, a Democrat state senator representing Pawtucket, said before the Senate Committee on Labor at the Statehouse in March. “Menopause

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