SINGAPORE — Four-day work weeks, more work-from-home days, staggered work timings. These are examples of flexible work arrangements (FWAs) that all employees who have completed their probation will be able to formally request from their employers starting December this year.
SINGAPORE — Four-day work weeks, more work-from-home days, staggered work timings. These are examples of flexible work arrangements that all employees who have completed their probation will be able to formally request from their employers starting December this year.
While employers have the right to reject employees’ FWA requests, the reasons for rejection should be based on 'reasonable' business grounds This is according to the new Tripartite Guidelines on Flexible Work Arrangement Requests announced on Tuesday by the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices — an agency set up by the Ministry of Manpower, National Trades Union Congress and Singapore National Employers Federation.
After the request has been submitted, the employer is required to consider it “properly” and communicate their decision in writing to approve or reject the employee’s request within two months.discuss alternative FWAs with the employee
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