Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Work, Employment and Society: Extending the Debate on Organisational Involvement in/Responsibilities around Fertility and Reproduction

A relatively recent development in the field of work and employment is organisational provisions around employee fertility – notably policies benefits related to assisted reproductive technologies, also known as treatment. Work, organisation scholars have only scratched surface this issue. This Debates Controversies article takes an intersectional political economy approach explore opportunities, challenges dilemmas at interface between society, work. We consider how ‘stratified reproduction’ may be affected by employer interest technologies; what employers gain, risk or lose developing provisions; technologies-related ‘reproductive work’ intersects with paid employment; possible consequences, including occupational stratification due career penalty. call for further research, especially focusing on most disadvantaged society employment, approaches workplace support led compassion over cost-benefit calculation.