in vitro fertilization treatments – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:43:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Expert panel: How employers can align their benefits plan and DEI strategy https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/kim-siddall/expert-panel-how-employers-can-align-their-benefits-plan-and-dei-strategy/ Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:00:13 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=146604 The documentation of formal diversity, equity and inclusion policies and approaches is one of the most significant changes to the Canadian workplace over the last decade. Progress of this magnitude seldom comes quickly. Employers are being asked tough questions about their implementation of the goals they’ve laid out — and they’re not always getting great […]

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]]> Editorial: Getting personal about life as a working single mom https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/editorial-getting-personal-about-life-as-a-working-single-mom/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 13:00:19 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=143262 Every time I sit down to write my editorial for our annual Women’s Issue, now in its sixth year, the themes these issues highlight for women feel extremely personal to me. This year is no different. In this year’s Cover Story, on page 14, six women between the ages of 22 and 53 shared how […]

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]]> How Snap is using flexible working to help ease new parents’ return to work https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/how-snap-is-using-flexible-working-to-help-ease-new-parents-return-to-work/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:58:44 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=143239 By March 2021, nearly half a million Canadian women who lost their jobs during the pandemic still hadn’t returned to work by the beginning of that year, according to data from the Royal Bank of Canada. It also found more than 200,000 women had slipped into the ranks of the long-term unemployed, a threefold increase […]

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]]> Canadian women share what evolving benefits and workplace policies mean to them https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/canadian-women-share-what-evolving-benefits-and-workplace-policies-mean-to-them/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:57:21 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=143258 When Jessica Charbonneau decided to have a child through assisted reproduction a few years ago, it wasn’t cheap, but her employer helped shoulder some of the costs. Charbonneau, a 36-year-old student affairs case manager at the University of Toronto’s Mississauga campus, started with intrauterine insemination, spending a total of $15,000 for six rounds. The university’s […]

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]]> U.S. employers increasing family, caregiver benefits: survey https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/u-s-employers-increasing-family-caregiver-benefits-survey/ Fri, 16 Jun 2023 13:00:33 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=139898 U.S. employers are increasing their family and caregiving benefits in 2023, according to a new survey by the Society for Human Resource Management. The survey, which polled more than 4,000 employers, found a quarter (25 per cent) said they cover infertility treatments and in vitro fertilization, while five per cent cover egg freezing for non-medical […]

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]]> More U.S. employers offering fertility benefits, but care still out of reach for many workers https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/more-u-s-employers-offering-fertility-benefits-but-care-still-out-of-reach-for-many-workers/ Wed, 17 May 2023 19:00:11 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=138420 Jessica Tincopa may leave the photography business she spent 14 years building for one reason — to find coverage for fertility treatment. After six miscarriages, Tincopa and her husband started saving for in vitro fertilization, which can cost more than US$20,000. But the coronavirus pandemic wiped out their savings and they can’t find coverage for IVF in their state’s health insurance marketplace. So the California couple is saving again and […]

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]]> 40% of U.S. employers offered fertility benefits in 2022, up from 30% in 2020: survey https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/40-of-u-s-employers-offered-fertility-benefits-in-2022-up-from-30-in-2020-survey/ Tue, 14 Feb 2023 14:00:39 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=133722 Two-fifths (40 per cent) of U.S. organizations currently offer fertility benefits, up from 30 per cent in 2020, according to a survey by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. The survey, which examined benchmarking data from more than 500 U.S. employers, also found 28 per cent of respondents said they cover fertility medications, up from […]

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