Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「Jessica Porta said she rises before dawn to serve coffee three to four days a week at her local Starbucks in Billings, Mont., and hasn’t taken home a paycheck in over a year. ⁠ ⁠ All of her pay—at $15.45 an hour—goes to covering the cost of her insurance, which includes in vitro fertilization treatment. The out-of-pocket cost for one round of IVF runs to an estimated $15,000 to $30,000.⁠ ⁠ After suffering two miscarriages, the 31-year old was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve, and health insurance through her husband’s job didn’t cover fertility treatments such as IVF. But Starbucks provides workers up to $40,000 in fertility benefits, as well as health insurance, after five months on the job, working 20 hours a week.⁠ ⁠ Starbucks is part of a swelling share of employers offering fertility benefits, in part to help recruit workers in a hot labor market. And while the trend started years ago as a perk for highly compensated tech staff, a handful of companies now provide the coverage to lower-paid, hourly and even part-time employees—such as cashiers, warehouse workers and baristas.⁠ ⁠ Apple and Facebook began offering to help female employees pay for freezing their eggs nearly a decade ago. Now, 25% of employers in the U.S. offer IVF coverage, up from 20% in 2019, before the pandemic, according to a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management, a trade association. The companies include Amazon and Target. ⁠ ⁠ After two rounds of IVF, Porta, who is pregnant and due in November, says she doesn’t mind working for just the insurance. “I remember how thankful I am to have the opportunity to have IVF and have a baby, it doesn’t feel so menial to be working without a paycheck.”⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📷: @e.l.johns for @wsjphotos」8月27日 0時11分