Fertility-Friendly Workplaces? Attitudes to Assisted Conception and Employment
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This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses what employees and employers can – and should – expect from one another, if an employee has fertility problems or needs assisted conception. The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from: ⚫ Nickie Aiken MP (Member of Parliament for the Cities of London and Westminster) ⚫ Dr Zeynep Gurtin (Lecturer in Women's Health at University College London) ⚫ Anya Sizer (Lead for the Fertility in the Workplace initiative at Fertility Network UK) ⚫ Becky Kearns (Co-Founder of Fertility Matters at Work) ⚫ Natalie Sutherland (Partner at Burgess Mee Family Law, and Trustee at PET) These speakers discuss various ways of addressing fertility-related challenges in the workplace, including: ⚫ The Fertility Treatment (Employment Rights) Bill that Nickie Aiken is proposing in the UK Parliament. ⚫ The Fertility Workplace Pledge, also launched by Nickie Aiken. ⚫ The Fertility in the Workplace and Fertility Matters at Work initiatives. ⚫ The In/Fertility in the City podcast. PET is grateful to Carrot Fertility and Merck for supporting this discussion. PET is also grateful to Jon Nicoll, who created the opening and closing music for its podcast. Register at https://www.progress.org.uk/events/upcoming-events/ for upcoming PET events.
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