UK Bosses Offer IVF, Menopause Benefits to Tempt Women to Work
- Miscarriage, surrogacy and adoption leave among the policies
- Perks aimed at filling worker shortages after people left jobs
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British companies are luring women into work by offering leave for menopause and miscarriage, part of an effort to fill vacancies during a period of widespread worker shortages.
Jobs advertising time off for a lost pregnancy rocketed almost 3,000% from a year ago in March, while posts citing fertility benefits such as egg freezing and IVF treatment soared over 700%, according to data provided to Bloomberg by the job site Adzuna. Those citing menopause leave doubled.