-CHUA KHENG WEE- During the MOM COS debates, I called for a b | The Workers’ Party
-CHUA KHENG WEE-
During the MOM COS debates, I called for a baseline level of flexible work arrangements, childcare leave on a per child (up to 12 years old) basis and parental care leave to be legislated.
MOM has shared that in 2019, about 85% of employers offered some form of formal or ad-hoc FWAs in the workplace. I’m sure many will agree that the level of flexibility that was in place pre-COVID is dramatically different from what we have seen today!
Yet while flexible work arrangements are important, it is also equally important to give our workers the flexibility to take time off without taking no pay leave to care for their children or parents.
It can be argued that increasing leave provisions could be difficult against the challenging economic climate…but the challenges of our low fertility rate and ageing population are no less critical. If we wish to uphold the ideal of family support, then we ought to send the right signal to society on this matter.
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