Fertility: Employment
(asked on 24th June 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will issue guidance to workplaces on implementing a workplace policy based on recognition of infertility as a medical condition.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 30th June 2022
The Department has no plans to issue guidance to workplaces on implementing a specific workplace policy based on recognition of infertility as a medical condition. However, the Health and Safety Executive provides guidance to support employers in assessing any health or safety risks to workers and making reasonable adjustments to support them in the workplace.