Fertility, Family Forming and Hormonal Health
We aim to provide you with rewards that evolve with you throughout your career. This includes offering inclusive fertility, hormonal health and family-forming support through our partnership with Carrot Fertility. Whether you’re starting a family, expanding your family or want support in other life stages, we’ve got you covered!
Eligible employees can access a library of educational resources, expert care specialists and a $10,000* lifetime financial benefit to use towards:
- Understanding fertility health
- Egg, Sperm and Embryo Preservation
- Assisted reproduction (e.g. in-vitro fertilization and intrauterine insemination)
- Adoption
- Gestational Surrogacy
- Pregnancy and Postpartum (doula support and milk shipping)
- New Parent and Return to Work Support
- Perimenopause, Menopause and Low Testosterone Support
Reminder: Any reimbursements are taxable. Please consider your tax liability before submitting a reimbursement. Carrot services may vary by geography and local rules and regulations. To learn about your specific country’s regulations, please email Carrot at support@get-carrot.com.
Before you create your Carrot account, it is important that you read our enrolment instructions and understand the definitions before opening your account.
*Employees residing outside of the US will be eligible for the $10,000 equivalent in their local currency.
Resources
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Family Back-Up Care – Bright Horizons
Website
Email
1-877-BH-CARES (242-2737)
What is it? |
When should I use it? |
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| Carrot Account |
A general account that gets you access to the Carrot benefit guide, educational content and their home page so you can explore Carrot’s platform. |
When you’re curious about the Carrot benefit and are considering whether or not a Carrot Plan/Journey is right for you. |
| Carrot Plan/Journey |
A 12-month employer-paid plan that connects you with a Carrot Care Specialist to begin using a specific service (for example, fertility assistance, hormone treatments for menopause, etc). |
When you’re ready to begin a specific care journey (for example, find IVF providers, begin the legal adoption process or submit for reimbursement for low testosterone services). |
Open a New Account
Access your Carrot account by clicking here. Need help enrolling? View these enrolment instructions to get started.
Access Your Current Account
Download the Carrot app in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store to access your Carrot account anywhere.
Carrot Plan FAQ
Read the Carrot FAQ and learn more about Carrot’s benefit offerings and tax implications.
Get Support
Need Carrot support? Contact their customer service team directly at support@get-carrot.com.
Parental Leave
Fisher Investments Europe offers maternity benefits and leave in line with the statutory maternity entitlements with an enhanced maternity pay package available for eligible employees. Maternity leave includes time off for antenatal care, 26 weeks of ordinary maternity leave and 26 weeks of additional maternity leave. During your leave, Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) is payable for a maximum of 39 weeks. If you have 12 months’ continuous service you will receive a top up to full base pay for 16 weeks during your leave.
Fisher Investments Europe also offers both ordinary and additional paternity leave. Ordinary paternity leave allows employees to take either one week or two consecutive weeks of leave and they will be entitled to ordinary statutory paternity pay. Additional paternity leave can be taken up to a combined maximum of 26 weeks and the employee may be entitled to additional statutory paternity pay. In certain situations, you and your partner may have the option to take shared parental leave (SPL), which offers more flexibility in how to share the care of your child in the first year after birth.
In addition, our adoption leave policy offers time off to care for a newly adopted child, with 26 weeks of ordinary adoption leave and 26 weeks of additional adoption leave. Only one adoptive parent can take adoption leave; the other parent may take paternity leave.
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Please refer to the Employee Handbook for more information on details regarding the length of leave, eligibility and notification requirements. For additional questions or to discuss your leave needs, please contact "BenefitsServices@fi.com.
Back-up Child, Adult & Elder Care
Whether school is closed, your regular caregiver cancels or another emergency comes up, we know it can be difficult and often stressful to find last-minute care. To help support you and your family, Fisher offers employees up to 10 days of back-up childcare or adult/elder care annually through Bright Horizons. You will have access to reliable, high-quality options for care with affordable copays and you can request same day care or can schedule this up to 30 days in advance. Even better…you won’t have to pay the benefit-in-kind tax as Fisher will be absorbing that, too!
How to register:
- Access our Bright Horizons Back-Up Care portal and then click on “Family Solutions.”
- In the Reserve Back-Up Care box, click “Use it” and you will be taken to a login page.
- Click “Sign Up” in the top right-hand corner of the page to register your account.
Copays:
- In-home care: ÂŁ6 per hour (4-hour minimum)*
- Centre-based care: ÂŁ15 per day for one child or ÂŁ25 per day for families with more than one child.
*Up to 3 children per co-pay for in-home care.
Additional Care Services, Discounts & Resources
Bright Horizons also offers a variety of additional family support benefits, including:
- Expedited waitlists at selected Bright Horizons nurseries and preschools
- Exclusive discounts at participating childcare providers
- Discounted adult care packages tailored to suit your personal or family needs
- Access to an on-demand platform of childcare professionals
- Academic support, tutoring and homework help services
- Resources to find elder care, virtual clubs, life skills courses and more
Check out the Bright Horizons Back-Up Care FAQs to learn more about the programme and how to access the services.