With easing of workplace COVID-19 rules, firms make adjustments while others take wait-and-see approach

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SINGAPORE: Come Monday (Apr 5), a 10-member team at Certact Engineering will be in the office in full force for the first time in a year. The ...

For the company's much bigger production team, a spilt-team arrangement will remain.Managing director Ellis Eng said that the work of the 10-member team involves liaising with suppliers and the firm’s in-house production team. Working remotely has made these processes slightly more tedious for some.

Still, employers were urged to continue staggering start times for their employees and implement flexible working hours where possible. “Through ongoing communication with our employees, including staff surveys, our people are telling us that they value flexibility but they also want some degree of being back in the office,” said Mr Shaikh, adding that the company's approach will continue"to be pivoted around flexibility with safety".When contacted by CNA, Google confirmed that a return to the office will “remain voluntary” until September for its employees worldwide.

Sixty per cent of its Singapore employees have expressed a desire to work from home for good. That said, its office will be ready to welcome those who wish to return to the office or explore a hybrid arrangement, it added.Relocation start-up Moovaz, whose office is located at Ayer Rajah Crescent, said it is in no hurry to change its existing hybrid work arrangement and will take a wait-and-see approach for the next month or so.

 

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