‘It’s key for recruitment’: how fertility benefits got bumped up UK office agenda

‘It’s key for recruitment’: how fertility benefits got bumped up UK office agenda

Rising employee demand means paid support for IVF or egg freezing is starting to catch on even outside Silicon Valley

A senior banker in London undergoing fertility treatment wanted to keep it under the radar because she felt her employer would not be supportive.

In the event, the bank found out by accident, after a hospital sick­note mentioned complications due to IVF. When the woman returned to work, she was told she was being moved abroad and that if she went ahead with the implantation, she could be sacked.

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