7 in 10 Singapore employees want a four-day work week to help them achieve better balance in their life, the Straits Times reported on Aug 1, citing a July vote conducted by Milieu Insight.
Some companies in Singapore are already experimenting with the shorter working week, according to the report. Brand new York-listed PropertyGuru Group Ltd is giving staff more rest days, as are smaller sized businesses including barbershop chain Sultans of Shave and dentist DP Dental.
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Flexible employment arrangements have been in the spotlight in recent years, after the Covid-19 pandemic pushed millions of people to work from house. In a six-month test that is the largest of its kind in the world, 70 companies in the UK are allowing staff to work a four-day 7 days without a reduction in wages.
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The Singapore National Employers Federation will be watching the outcomes of the UK trial but will not endorse it, the Straits Situations quoted SNEF executive movie director Sim Gim Guan as saying, including “There is no one-size-fits-all type of work arrangement that can apply to just about all workplaces. ” – Bloomberg