Singapore is giving staff the correct to request 4-day weeks and more working from home under latest flexible working guidelines

The latest guidelines were announced on Tuesday by the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices, an agency arrange by the Ministry of Manpower, the National Trades Union Congress and the Singapore National Employers’ Federation. By the top of this 12 months, employees may also have the opportunity to request other solutions, resembling a versatile workplace.

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“Access to flexible work arrangements is often a key factor taken into account by caregivers, workers and older workers when deciding whether to remain in or return to the labor market,” said Yeo Wan Ling, co-chair of the Tripartite Working Group.

While the rules should not enforceable by law, they require all corporations in Singapore to create a process for workers to formally request flexible working. Employers may refuse a request on the grounds that it could end in a big lack of productivity, a big increase in costs or can be impracticable as a result of the character of the work.

However, corporations cannot reject a request on the grounds that it goes against company tradition or that management simply doesn’t imagine in such a versatile working style.

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While working from home has grow to be a mainstay throughout the pandemic, the practice is fading because the world emerges from the Covid crisis and employers, with expensive real estate sitting vacant, are demanding that employees return to offices. However, maintaining more flexible arrangements might be helpful to business, as solutions that give employees the liberty to decide on how and where they work have been proven to be more practical at attracting talent and generating more revenue.