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Swiss companies cover egg freezing costs for work-life balance (www.swissinfo.ch)

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The first companies in Switzerland are covering the costs of egg freezing.

Since October began, multiple companies, including the pharmaceutical giant Merck, have started covering the expenses associated with egg freezing for female employees opting for this precautionary measure.

Florian Schick, the Director of Merck Switzerland, highlighted this initiative as a key component of fostering a better work-life balance during an interview with the Keystone-SDA news agency. The overarching goal is to contribute to the establishment of a more inclusive and diverse working environment. ...

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[–] P1r4nha@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

From what I know about the different systems out there, the German one seems to provide a lot of the flexibility and off-time that I would wish for Switzerland. Companies filling the void of proper modern child care policies with paying for egg freezing is the neoliberal perversion that we've come to expect from "free market solutions". This is not meant as an insult to women that do want to go this way and actively decide to do so, but it just doesn't seem like a reasonable solution to the lack of good child care policies.