Walmart is partnering with fertility startup, Kindbody, to offer family-building as an employee benefit under its insurance plan, the company announced Tuesday.
The retail giant's employees will have access to over 30 fertility clinics and in vitro fertilization labs nationwide, starting Nov. 1. Eligible workers also get access to Walmart's surrogacy and adoption benefits.Benefits include IVF and fertility testing regardless of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status, per Walmart.The big picture:
Walmart joins other big employers, including Amazon, in efforts to help employees with adoption or coverage of services such as fertility treatments. More companies are beefing up their benefits packages to lure workers in the tight labor market, and many are adding pricey fertility benefits — such as IVF and egg freezing — to their menu of offerings,