Likklegemz
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Hi girls
Hoping someone can offer me some advice with how you got on with work following a failed IVF cycle.
I've just recently went through our first IVF cycle with was a :BFN: if that wasnt hard enough I'm now having trouble with work. We have a new sickness policy in work which means if your off 3 times in a 6 month period or 10 consecutive days sickness you get placed on certain stages which evenutally you can be dismissed from your job.
I was already at the first stage due to hospitilsation earlier in the year following an infection from a HSG test.
I had transfer on 5th September, and my OTD was 16th September. I did go into work the following day but was sent home as I was in such a state. My doctor signed me off work for two weeks because I was so distressed and having horrible pelvic pain as AF came.
Anyway I'm being sent to Occupational Health (which I'm not very happy about as I've recently been to see them) and I've been told that 'as I wasn't pregnant' this sickness episode counts. I've found an article on line (Infertility UK and a HR website) that clearly states:
"Employers should therefore be alert to the special protection afforded to women undergoing that particular stage of IVF treatment after the ova have been fertilised but before implantation into the uterus. Following implantation the woman is regarded as being pregnant. If the treatment is successful and the woman remains pregnant she will remain protected until the end of her maternity leave.
If the treatment is unsuccessful, the womans protection will end two weeks after the end of the pregnancy. As a pregnancy test is taken two weeks after the implantation of an embryo, the woman will have special protection for those two weeks and, if the pregnancy test is negative, for a further two weeks from that time."
As far as I can tell - under that guideline (the law if anyone needs to know is following ECJ Mayr v Backerei und Konditorei Gerhard Flockner OHG and Sahota v Home office and Pipkin) means that for this sickness episode this should be classed as pregnancy related and therefore shouldnt be held against me.
Have anyone had trouble with work? Where there any policies relating to IVF absence etc that could help me show work? As if IVF isn't stressful enough I've now got this to worry about.
I didnt take any time off between egg collection and transfer and I did use a day's annual leave following transfer so it's not as if I've been taking loads of time off. Just feel penelised and really upset. THey've pushed me to start looking for a new job, but I doubt anyone would now employ me due to my sickness absence.
Any help or if you wouldnt mind sharing your experiences would be brilliant.
Thanks girls x x x
Hoping someone can offer me some advice with how you got on with work following a failed IVF cycle.
I've just recently went through our first IVF cycle with was a :BFN: if that wasnt hard enough I'm now having trouble with work. We have a new sickness policy in work which means if your off 3 times in a 6 month period or 10 consecutive days sickness you get placed on certain stages which evenutally you can be dismissed from your job.
I was already at the first stage due to hospitilsation earlier in the year following an infection from a HSG test.
I had transfer on 5th September, and my OTD was 16th September. I did go into work the following day but was sent home as I was in such a state. My doctor signed me off work for two weeks because I was so distressed and having horrible pelvic pain as AF came.
Anyway I'm being sent to Occupational Health (which I'm not very happy about as I've recently been to see them) and I've been told that 'as I wasn't pregnant' this sickness episode counts. I've found an article on line (Infertility UK and a HR website) that clearly states:
"Employers should therefore be alert to the special protection afforded to women undergoing that particular stage of IVF treatment after the ova have been fertilised but before implantation into the uterus. Following implantation the woman is regarded as being pregnant. If the treatment is successful and the woman remains pregnant she will remain protected until the end of her maternity leave.
If the treatment is unsuccessful, the womans protection will end two weeks after the end of the pregnancy. As a pregnancy test is taken two weeks after the implantation of an embryo, the woman will have special protection for those two weeks and, if the pregnancy test is negative, for a further two weeks from that time."
As far as I can tell - under that guideline (the law if anyone needs to know is following ECJ Mayr v Backerei und Konditorei Gerhard Flockner OHG and Sahota v Home office and Pipkin) means that for this sickness episode this should be classed as pregnancy related and therefore shouldnt be held against me.
Have anyone had trouble with work? Where there any policies relating to IVF absence etc that could help me show work? As if IVF isn't stressful enough I've now got this to worry about.
I didnt take any time off between egg collection and transfer and I did use a day's annual leave following transfer so it's not as if I've been taking loads of time off. Just feel penelised and really upset. THey've pushed me to start looking for a new job, but I doubt anyone would now employ me due to my sickness absence.
Any help or if you wouldnt mind sharing your experiences would be brilliant.
Thanks girls x x x
different trust from the one I did IVF with.
