Women working for Facebook and Apple are being offered an additional
perk: they can have their eggs frozen. Facebook has been offering the
service for its employees in the US since the start of this year. Apple
will follow suit from January 2015.
The policy is designed to
attract and keep top female talent, by helping them avoid having to
choose between motherhood and professional progression.
Both
companies are offering up to $20,000 (£12,500) for US employees covered
by their insurance plans, to finance the procedure to extract the eggs
and for their storage. However critics of this policy suggest
that the companies should instead focus on offering more flexibility and
support for new parents. Also some feminists are not completely
convinced about the move.
"There's a danger that with this sort
of policy companies give a signal - or even promote the idea - that a
women needs to postpone having children in order to succeed in the
workplace," says Daisy Sands, head of policy at the Fawcett Society, a
group that campaigns for equality for women.
Source: BBC
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