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    6 months' paid leave for mum?

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    • P Offline
      peapot
      last edited by

      Yes, yes, yes!!! Agree, agree, agree… Good for the young couples.

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      • FunzF Offline
        Funz
        last edited by

        limlim:
        Funz:

        16 weeks maternity leave for mothers

        6 weeks paternity leave for fathers
        10 days childcare leave for each father & mother up to 7yrs
        5 days childcare leave for each father & mother for child from Pr 1- 6
        Employers adopting more flexi working hours arrangements
        More school based BASC
        Higher subsidy for infant and childcare (can only foresee fees going up with their push to get better qualified teachers)
        All assistance or benefits extended to married parents should similarly be extended to single parents. No discrimination.

        Is this a suggestion or latest news?

        You wish ah, latest news.

        These are my suggestions that I hope will materialise when my kids are ready to start their own families.

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        • B Offline
          BeContented
          last edited by

          Funz:
          limlim:

          [quote=\"Funz\"]16 weeks maternity leave for mothers

          6 weeks paternity leave for fathers
          10 days childcare leave for each father & mother up to 7yrs
          5 days childcare leave for each father & mother for child from Pr 1- 6
          Employers adopting more flexi working hours arrangements
          More school based BASC
          Higher subsidy for infant and childcare (can only foresee fees going up with their push to get better qualified teachers)
          All assistance or benefits extended to married parents should similarly be extended to single parents. No discrimination.

          Is this a suggestion or latest news?

          You wish ah, latest news.

          These are my suggestions that I hope with materialise when my kids are ready to start their own families.[/quote]Sounds good to me 🙂 Something achievable, something not overly demanding and also, something for both married and single parent families.
          :salute:

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          • B Offline
            Busymom
            last edited by

            laughingcat:
            Aiyoh :slapshead: .....caring for a child is not only first 6 months leh.

            :hi5:

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            • B Offline
              Busymom
              last edited by

              Funz:


              These are my suggestions that I hope will materialise when my kids are ready to start their own families.
              You are so patient... 😄

              Well, I hope I will get to benefit from the extended childcare leave at least..

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              • FunzF Offline
                Funz
                last edited by

                Busymom:
                Funz:



                These are my suggestions that I hope will materialise when my kids are ready to start their own families.

                You are so patient... 😄

                Well, I hope I will get to benefit from the extended childcare leave at least..

                I done with childbirth liao mah. I run my own business, so childcare leave also very little impact for me. So can afford to be patient. 😂

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                • KarenjjK Offline
                  Karenjj
                  last edited by

                  Funz:
                  16 weeks maternity leave for mothers

                  6 weeks paternity leave for fathers
                  10 days childcare leave for each father & mother up to 7yrs
                  5 days childcare leave for each father & mother for child from Pr 1- 6
                  Employers adopting more flexi working hours arrangements
                  More school based BASC
                  Higher subsidy for infant and childcare (can only foresee fees going up with their push to get better qualified teachers)
                  All assistance or benefits extended to married parents should similarly be extended to single parents. No discrimination.
                  Good suggestion! This is definitely more practical for us working mothers than 6 months maternity leave with the option to take another 6 months unpaid leave. It is nearly impossible to keep the job when you are back from maternity!

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                  • FunzF Offline
                    Funz
                    last edited by

                    Karenjj:
                    Funz:

                    16 weeks maternity leave for mothers

                    6 weeks paternity leave for fathers
                    10 days childcare leave for each father & mother up to 7yrs
                    5 days childcare leave for each father & mother for child from Pr 1- 6
                    Employers adopting more flexi working hours arrangements
                    More school based BASC
                    Higher subsidy for infant and childcare (can only foresee fees going up with their push to get better qualified teachers)
                    All assistance or benefits extended to married parents should similarly be extended to single parents. No discrimination.

                    Good suggestion! This is definitely more practical for us working mothers than 6 months maternity leave with the option to take another 6 months unpaid leave. It is nearly impossible to keep the job when you are back from maternity!

                    Precisely, if the company can manage without you for 6 mths, they can manage without you, period. And employers also know the trend, if a woman stays away for 6mths, there is a high chance that the staff will resign if not on the 5th mth, then upon their return. Those who are committed to their work will return b4 that, if not full time, at least on a flexi schedule first.

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                      limlim
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                      • dimsumD Offline
                        dimsum
                        last edited by

                        Funz’s suggestions are much more practical for working mothers and employers.


                        If this 6 months’ paid leave is implemented, SINGAPOREAN working mothers and married women of child bearing age will be further discriminated by employers. As an employer, I would rather employ a PR or foreigner as they will not be entitled to 6 months’ maternity leave.

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