Guidelines for flexible work requests - how useful are they, and will they work? | Deep Dive podcast

Come Dec 1, all companies in Singapore must have a process in place when their staff ask for formal flexible work arrangements. This has become a major talking point centred around balancing business realities and employee needs.

Steven Chia and Crispina Robert cut through the weeds with Gan Siow Huang, Minister of State for Manpower and Education, Aslam Sardar, CEO of the Institute for Human Resource Professionals and Tan Wan Ting, founder and CEO of digital marketing agency Weave Asia.

0:00 Intro
1:52 Why push for guidelines now?
6:37 How SMEs feel about the guidelines
10:11 Focus on the process
15:50 Making it fair for all workers
18:41 Is flexi work arrangements only for certain industries?
27:24 HR needs to up its game


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