Desmond Choo on Child Development Co-Savings (Amendment) Bill
Double the fine for employers who dismiss employees during the period of Government-paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave to S$10,000 to send a stronger signal, urged MP Desmond Choo in Parliament on Wednesday (Nov 13). Over time, together with upcoming workplace fairness legislation, this will help to normalise the role of fathers in shouldering caregiving responsibilities, he said. He also called on employers to embrace family-friendly policies and consider flexible work arrangement requests for employees who need to shoulder familial responsibilities. Mr Choo said a Bill to effect new paternity and shared parental leave is a significant signal to young Singaporeans that the Government will make big policy moves to support their family journeys. It also sends a strong message that there needs to be a greater and faster evolution in gender-based family stereotypes.
Double the fine for employers who dismiss employees during the period of Government-paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave to S$10,000 to send a stronger signal, urged MP Desmond Choo in Parliament on Wednesday (Nov 13). Over time, together with upcoming workplace fairness legislation, this will help to normalise the role of fathers in shouldering caregiving responsibilities, he said. He also called on employers to embrace family-friendly policies and consider flexible work arrangement requests for employees who need to shoulder familial responsibilities. Mr Choo said a Bill to effect new paternity and shared parental leave is a significant signal to young Singaporeans that the Government will make big policy moves to support their family journeys. It also sends a strong message that there needs to be a greater and faster evolution in gender-based family stereotypes.
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