For employers, HR and OH
Find Your Way Around Fertility Treatment at Work
What treatment means for work, in broad terms, so HR and managers can plan.
- Treatment often means many clinic visits in working hours
- Plus tiredness or low mood at points in the cycle
This page is a public marketing summary. The full HR and manager guide sits inside the licensed employer dashboard.
The short version
Overview
In short
- Treatment usually means a lot of hospital visits during the working week
- The HR and manager role is not to run someone's treatment
- It is to understand the journey in broad terms, make reasonable adjustments, and not penalise clinic visits
Read the Overview in Full
Fertility treatment (for example IVF, IUI, stimulation, egg freezing, or embryo transfer) usually means a lot of hospital visits during the working week.
People may also feel physical effects from medication or stress while they wait for results.
About 1 in 6 people are affected by infertility at some point in their lives (WHO, 2023), and most of those who go through treatment are employed.
The HR and line manager role is not to run someone's treatment.
It is to understand in broad terms what the journey can involve, make reasonable adjustments where you can, and avoid penalising people for clinic visits or short-term effects that often go with treatment.
Most employees do not disclose: published evidence (CIPD, 2023) suggests 47% do not tell their manager or HR.
The licensed employer dashboard hosts the full clinician-authored guide: stage grid, situation-led signposting, workplace implications, manager companion, and the HR referral pathway tool.
Content is written by a UK-qualified occupational medicine physician and reviewed against NICE and ACAS guidance.
3 numbers
Why It Matters
- 1 in 6people are affected by infertility at some point in their lives (WHO, 2023)
- 47%do not disclose to their manager or HR (CIPD, 2023)
- 9 in 10employees are unaware of any fertility training for managers (Fertility Matters at Work)
3 parts
Inside the Employer Dashboard
- Treatment Stages and SignpostingStage-by-stage view of what an employee may be navigating, with situation-led signposting for HR and line managers.
- Workplace ImplicationsPopulation-level patterns: attendance, presenteeism, common adjustments, and where OH referral fits.
- Manager Companion + Referral PathwayPlain-language manager prompts by stage, plus a structured HR decision-support pathway for fertility disclosures.
Full Guide Inside the Dashboard
Stage grid, signposting, workplace implications, manager companion, and the HR referral pathway. Licensed employer access. Talk to us about a pilot or full licence.