Put in place enhanced leave policies
Appoint a senior management member to champion work-life harmony
Discuss suitable arrangements with employees on caregiving responsibilities
Establish and communicate its work-life harmony policy to employees
Regularly review the effectiveness of the work-life programmes.
The new guidelines were announced at the Alliance for Action (AfA) on Work-Life Harmony, and are led by Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) and National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), as well as Tripartite Alliance Limited (TAL). [Browse all the Tripartite Standards here]
Minister of State for Manpower, Gan Siow Huang launched the Tripartite Standards, where she stressed the importance of three of the seven practices: The Tripartite Standard on Flexible Work Arrangement is key to work-life harmony and it is one of the key prerequisites for the adoption of the TS-WLH.