Rejected petition: Give employees a statutory right to paid time off for fertility treatment
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Give employees a statutory right to paid time off for fertility treatment.
We want the Government to give employees undergoing IVF and fertility treatment a statutory right to paid time off for necessary appointments, scans and procedures.
Currently, employees have no specific right to paid time off for IVF, while pregnant employees have a statutory right to paid time off for antenatal appointments.
Fertility treatment can involve frequent appointments, often at short notice. People should not have to choose between accessing treatment and losing pay or annual leave.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:
Equality in Employment Law for Employees Undergoing Fertility Treatment
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/782314We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.