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Infertility treatment using the in vitro method entails costs which, due to non-reimbursement by the National Health Fund, for many people constitutes an enormous expense, often impossible to cover with own funds. Although there are local government support programmes in some Polish cities, subsidies that can be obtained from them do not cover all costs and apply only to selected groups of people. Potential support for people facing the infertility problem can be an employer’s subsidy for IVF treatment.

The Christmas and New Year period forces a change in work organisation in many companies. For many undertakings the turn of the year is a holiday period. This is particularly true for production plants, where starting up and maintaining full-scale production in this period is often economically insensible. However, reducing production does not mean that the machinery park can be left without any supervision. Some machinery and equipment, as well as processes, despite the temporary shutdown of production require, due to their technological characteristics, ongoing supervision, maintenance and, in the event of a breakdown, immediate remedial action.

To ensure that these tasks are carried out, employers often assign on-call duty time during the Christmas and New Year period.