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Singapore's New Guidelines for Flexi-Work Arrangements (FWA) Explained
April 22, 2024
Interestingly, someone I personally know has created this comic explaining the new Guidelines for FWAs.
This FWAs was announced last Tuesday, 16 Apr 2024, by both the TAFEP Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices Workgroup and the Ministry of Manpower (MOM).
Although the comic was created out of his own joy, I find them very well explained and humorous (using Singlish) too. I got his exclusive approval to use it for my post here. Appreciate his kindness truly. Thank you.
You may want to read the comic first so that you have a better understanding of what this FWAs is about. Below are just my thoughts and conclusion.
Conclusion
Whenever there is a new law or new set of guidelines, I feel sad as well as glad at the same time. Sad because we are so incapable of being reasonable and logical that we need the law to rule us. Glad because there are laws to address matters acted by unreasonable and illogical us.
Nonetheless, a coin has 2 sides, as laws, rules or guidelines are always a double-edged sword that could work for you or against you at different times.
Sorry that I digressed….
In conclusion, instead of looking at the new guideline as a win or lose, right or wrong, work or don’t work, pro or against perspective, I would choose to look at it as a labour transition in our era, where AIs and even Robots are/will be part of the workforce.
“The Only Constant in life is Change.” - Heraclitus
Sources:
- MOM - Tripartite Guidelines that Shape the Right Norms and Expectations Around Flexible Work Arrangements to Come into Effect on 1 Dec 2024: https://www.mom.gov.sg/newsroom/press-releases/2024/0416-launch-of-tripartite-guidelines-on-fwa-requests-and-tripartite-workgroup-report
- Report of the Tripartite Workgroup on the Tripartite Guidelines on Flexible Work Arrangement Requests: https://www.mom.gov.sg/-/media/mom/documents/press-releases/2024/twg-report.pdf
- Tripartite Guidelines on Flexible Work Arrangement Requests: https://www.mom.gov.sg/-/media/mom/documents/press-releases/2024/Tripartite%20Guidelines%20on%20Flexible%20Work%20Arrangement%20Requests
- MOM - Flexible Work Arrangement: https://www.mom.gov.sg/-/media/mom/documents/employment-practices/flexible-work-arrangements.pdf
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