askST Jobs: What flexi-work requests must employers fairly consider under new rules?

The guidelines adopt a broad definition of flexible working arrangements that employers must fairly consider and be open to offering.

Flexi-time arrangements entail staff working flexibly at different timings with no changes to total work hours and work load. One worker who has taken to this arrangement is Ms Cheryl Wong, 38. The mother of two sons aged eight and 11 has been working fully remotely as creative head at marketing agency Boing since earlier in March.

Boing chief executive Ailsa Tan says the company, which has eight staff, offers all employees a fully remote work arrangement. Some larger employers may opt to provide multiple compounds available for staff so they have a shorter commute. Flexi-hours are more common in jobs where activities are not dependent on meeting colleagues or clients at specific times of the day, Tafep notes.Working mothers at the company can start work at the office after dropping their children off at a childcare centre, before leaving at 1pm to pick their children up in the afternoon, and working from home for the rest of the day, says co-founder Winthrop Wong.

“In general, it can be more challenging for small and medium-size enterprises than multinationals in rolling out these flexible working arrangements, as they may have less resources to do so,” she says. Moreover, they do so without taking a pay cut or having increased hours worked per day, says managing director Danny Tan.“In practical terms, the number of hours people have worked has dropped , but what they get done in the remaining 36 hours of the week more than makes up for it.

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