Amazon offers family-building support to workers worldwide

Amazon employees in more than 50 countries now have free access to local and virtual fertility, adoption and other "family-building" benefits.

The company is partnering with virtual women’s and family health clinic provider Maven Clinic to expand the family-building support program it has offered employees in the U.S. and Canada since 2019 to 50 additional countries. The offering is available to full-time, part-time and hourly employees.

Working with Maven, Amazon is offering employees and their partners free access to board-certified reproductive endocrinologists (fertility doctors), obstetricians, gynecologists, nutritionists, mental health providers, adoption coaches, and other care providers.

Through this program, Amazon employees can obtain free local support through a care advocate who will provide referrals to clinics or agencies and advise them on local family-building guidelines. Virtual care is also available through video or message chat with doctors, nurses, coaches, and other experts across 35 languages.

"Maven is an employee-friendly benefit that takes the guesswork out of the family-building process, which can often be confusing and overwhelming," said Lian Neeman, global director of benefits at Amazon. "Our benefits are designed to care for all our employees' needs, and that means ensuring they have the resources they need to live their best lives, regardless of their personal circumstances. Maven's approach to fertility and family building supports our employees around the world and is tailored to each person."

"We're delighted to support Amazonians around the world as they plan and grow their families," said Kate Ryder, founder and CEO of Maven Clinic. "There are too many barriers to care in healthcare systems that were not built around the needs of women and families, and Amazon is cutting through that complexity by making it exceptionally easy for their employees to access high-quality, personalized care in their own language at any hour of the day or night."

Amazon offers Maven as a free benefit to employees and their partners in the following countries:

• Europe: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Poland, Portugal, Norway, Republic of Serbia, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K.
• Asia / Pacific: Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.
• Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru.
• Middle East and Africa: Bahrain, Egypt. Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United Arab Emirates.
• North America: Canada, U.S.

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