Employers expected to adopt mandatory Flexible Work Arrangement (FWA) guidelines setting out how employees should request for FWAs and how employers and supervisors should handle FWA requests
In brief
The Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP) has issued the mandatory Tripartite Guidelines on Flexible Work Arrangement Requests (TG-FWAR), which will come into effect on 1 December 2024, as announced by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on 16 April 2024.
The TG-FWAR applies to the employee’s documented, formal request for Flexible Work Arrangements (FWAs) and:
- Provides guidance on the procedures for:
- Employees’ request for FWA as set out in the Guide to Requesting and Using Flexible Work Arrangements (For Employees)
- Employers’ and supervisors’ consideration of FWA requests, including good practices to adopt, as set out in the Guide to Managing Flexible Work Arrangement Requests (For Employers)
- Sets out the minimum requirements that all employers are required to abide by
We provide the background to this development as well as summaries of the formalised FWA request procedures in this client alert.
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