For Employers
The Cost of Doing Nothing
Without support, the cost to your organisation in absence and lost productivity could be significant.
- About 1 in 6 people are affected by infertility at some point in their lives (WHO, 2023).
- A proportion of your workforce will be navigating treatment right now.
3 figures
What the Research Says
£217m
Annual cost to UK employers
Fertility Matters at Work with Ferring Pharmaceuticals and This Can Happen; cost analysis by Make An Impact CIC (The £217 Million Question), 2025
2 in 5
Almost 2 in 5 (39%) employees with fertility challenges said they had left or considered leaving their job during treatment
Ferring, Fertility Matters at Work and This Can Happen, 2025; 3,030 employees in five countries including the UK
33 hours
Average time off work per IVF or ICSI treatment, about 4.4 working days. 23 hours of it were for the IVF itself.
Bouwmans et al., 2008 (Netherlands, n=384)
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Baseline: Oxford Economics UK average (£30,614 per employee).
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OccuFertility provides employer dashboards, policy templates, and evidence-based tools.
Not a medical device. This platform provides structured information and evidence-based reference material to support conversations between employees, their GPs, and their employers.
It does not constitute clinical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Clinical decision-making rests entirely with the treating clinician.
Not a medical device or SaMD. An information resource aligned with the NICE Evidence Standards Framework for digital health.
CSO safety framework completed and available on request.