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Female workers in the UK are to offered an unusual perk by their employers. British companies are offering egg freezing as a perk. Tech companies like Apple and Facebook already egg freezing as a benefit to female employees, and now other companies may the tech giants' lead. Many British companies in talks with IVF clinics about the option of egg freezing to women. The UK's largest chain of fertility clinics, CARE Fertility, it has in discussion with several high-profile employers. The perk at a considerable cost to employers. Apple and Facebook have been subsidized egg freezing to female staff at a cost of up to £16,000 ($20,000) per employee.

Companies will the egg-freezing perk to women in their 20s or 30s to on their careers. The idea is that women could use of their frozen eggs in their 40s when they the right partner or are financially stable. Rob Smith, clinical director of CARE London, said: "Successful pregnancy at that age is very low indeed so by freezing eggs earlier on they will just that guarantee at the back of their mind." Mr Smith said the perk was also an option for couples wanting to later in life. Critics of the idea said it was wrong to careers over having children. One said: "When [IVF] is done purely to their job, I think it's extraordinary that women this is liberating."