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Senior Minister of State for Manpower and for Health Koh Poh Koon speaks in Parliament on Aug 3, 2021.
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SINGAPORE: Parents can tap flexible work arrangements when a childcare centre or a school is closed because of links to COVID-19 cases, said Senior Minister of State for Manpower Koh Poh Koon in response to a question in Parliament on Tuesday (Aug 3).
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A new tripartite standard was launched yesterday, with several recommendations to give work-life harmony a boost here.
Employers were urged to make available schemes to support their workers, from family days and subsidised health screening to staff recreation areas, to further promote work-life balance at the workplace.
Arrangements to suit those with caregiving responsibilities, such as allowing them to telecommute, offering additional leave or having staggered times for starting and finishing work, were also encouraged.
The Tripartite Standard on Work-Life Harmony was developed by the Ministry of Manpower, National Trades Union Congress and Singapore Natio-nal Employers Federation (SNEF), in response to recommendations by the Citizens Panel on Work-Life Harmony.
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.