CSR Asia
7 Mar 2008
A survey commissioned by the NTUC Women's Development Secretariat (WDS) involving 200 top private sector companies in Singapore has found 74 - or one in three – do not have flexible working schemes, as reported in the unlinkable Straits Times. The top reasons given were: flexibility would not fit in with business hours, manpower constraints and the company set-up was too small. Responding to the findings NTUC deputy secretary-general Halimah Yacob commented if the number of women who drop out of the workforce is to be reduced, companies need to be better convinced to provide more flexible working arrangements. She also added the problem is one of perception and that many companies had benefited from flexible working programmes. Halimah pointed out the WDS is holding an upcoming recruitment drive on March 24 to encourage women to enter the work force and under the Agency's Flexi-Works! Scheme offering a grant of up to $100,000 to support a company's efforts in the recruitment of workers on part-time or flexible work arrangements.
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