Report: Fertility in the workplace

This report provides insight from individuals who have experienced fertility challenges alongside a career, to determine what impact there has been on workplace performance and dynamics.

Fertifa partnered with Fertility Network UK to raise awareness of the difficulties that the road to conception can have on individuals – and, more importantly, what companies can do to support their employees.

Key findings

• The impact of fertility struggles on working life is high. 72% rate the impact as “high” or “very high” and 38% have seriously considered leaving their job specifically because of their personal journey.  
• Encouragingly, almost 80% of people did tell their employer about their fertility journey, suggesting that the workplace taboo is starting to break.
• However, 60% of people were not honest about the time taken off for appointments and fertility-related illness, indicating that there is still work to be done with getting workplace policies right and in instilling a culture of openness. 

In partnership with Fertifa

Fertifa is the UK’s leading fertility and reproductive health benefits provider.

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