Top stories-All employees can ask for flexi-work arrangements from December: 5 key takeaways from new guidelines
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- Firms in Singapore will be required to have a “formal process” for its employees to request for flexible work arrangements (FWAs) from December this year
- New guidelines were announced on Tuesday (April 16) by the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (Tafep)
- FWAs are mutually agreed upon variations from the standard work arrangement, such as where employees work and what their work hours are
- While employers have the right to reject employees’ FWA requests, the reasons for rejection should be based on “reasonable” business grounds
- FWAs can help firms better attract and retain talent, and support workers with caregiving responsibilities and parenthood aspirations, Tafep said
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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 Dec 1 this year.
This is according to the new Tripartite Guidelines on Flexible Work Arrangement Requests announced on Tuesday (April 16) by the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (Tafep) — an agency set up by the Ministry of Manpower, National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF).
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