Fertility treatment and the fight for paid time off in the UK
by editors@theworld.org (Orla Barry) from The World: Latest Stories on (#71AMY)
Fertility treatment can take a toll emotionally, physically and financially. In the UK, employees going through IVF or other fertility procedures currently have no legal right to paid time off. This week, a Labour MP proposed a new bill in Parliament that would make paid leave for fertility treatment a legal right in Britain. The World's Europe Correspondent Orla Barry reports.