Flexi Working Hours Catching On In Singapore

Came across this article from Bernama.com, a National News Agency in Malaysia:

By Zakaria Abdul Wahab

SINGAPORE, Dec 22 (Bernama) — The trend of working flexible hours is catching on, albeit slowly, among Singaporeans, be it in the private sector or government.

Employers too are looking more into the welfare of their employees and getting more compassionate.

These are the findings of Singapore’s Manpower Ministry from its labour market survey on “Conditions of Employment, 2008″ conducted in mid-2008.

In its report released on Monday, the ministry said the use of flexible working arrangements by Singaporean workers had increased although it was still not widely prevalent in the republic.

It also said that many employers were going beyond the basic statutory requirements to provide various family-friendly leave benefits.

The report said the proportion of private sector employees on flexible working arrangements increased from 5.1 per cent in 2006 to 7.4 per cent this year.

When the public sector was included, the proportion of employees on flexible working arrangements was higher, at 9.4 per cent this year, lifted by a notable percentage of public sector employees working staggered hours.

The report also said that a large proportion of establishments granted non-statutory leave benefits, such as compassionate leave and marriage leave, to their employees.

About 85 per cent of establishments granted compassionate leave while 70 per cent gave marriage leave and 47 per cent also granted paternity leave to their employees.

The five-day workweek continued to be the norm, with a higher proportion of employees now on this arrangement than two years ago, up from 43 per cent in 2006 to 44 per cent this year.

The six-day workweek (18 per cent), 5-day workweek (15 per cent) and shift work workweek (14 per cent) accounted for less than one in five employees each in 2008.

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We can see that now Singapore workers are more keen in jobs which are flexible. When times goes by I believe more Singaporean will choose to stay at home and work.

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