Why supporting employees with fertility challenges matters
Whether it’s a single person wanting to preserve future fertility, a same sex couple wanting to start a family or a couple who represents the 1 in 6 Canadians who struggle with fertility, there are many reasons why employees might benefit from workplace support on their family-building journey.
Adding Canada Life’s family-building coverage to your benefits plan can be one way of demonstrating you care as an organization for the needs of all your team members.
It can also be a great way of helping to attract and retain talent.
What is Canada Life’s family-building coverage?
Canada Life’s family-building coverage helps your employees pay for the costs that can be associated with building a family.
These might include costs for:
- Testing
- Invitro fertilization (IVF)
- Intrauterine insemination (IUI)
- Egg donor
- Surrogacy
How can employers build a benefits plan that supports employees navigating a fertility journey?
Ensure you offer a drug plan that includes coverage of fertility drugs.
If your benefits plan doesn’t already include fertility treatment, consider adding Canada Life’s family-building coverage.
Note that your benefits plan must have fertility drug coverage to add family-building coverage. Consider a health care spending account or wellness account that offers coverage flexibility for individual needs.
Access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), which can offer access to mental health services, can provide emotional support to employees as they navigate their fertility journey.
Even with benefits, fertility treatment may mean employees might need to keep more of their savings accessible. Adding a non-registered savings account to your plan can help employees save for those expenses.
To help improve access to quality care and resources, Canada Life is pleased to offer group benefits plan members preferred-rate access to Canadian-based virtual family-building concierge, Sprout Family. This inclusive, family-building offer is designed to support every unique parenthood journey. All group benefits plan members save 30% on their Sprout Family membership and can access personalized supports including:
- Unlimited telehealth access
- Exclusive treatment and care discounts
- Partner referrals
- Personal review of benefits coverage
- Educational resources