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Can parents enjoy extra leave without irritating their employers?
Perhaps tax breaks for employers, and a pool of temporary hires who can cover for parents on leave, will move the needle.
- 2 October 2024
As technology outpaces law on online harms, new solutions are needed
We may need to update legislation and consider setting up an agency dedicated to online safety.
- August 4 2023
Grandparents could solve Singapore’s child-bearing woes, but are they willing?
If more are willing to care for their grandchildren, it may encourage Singaporeans to have more babies. Why isn’t this happening?
- August 4 2023
Made for Families – Can Singapore Do More?
What else can we do to solve Singapore’s birth rate crisis? We explore some creative ideas and solutions.
- November 1 2023
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Can parents enjoy extra leave without irritating their employers?
Perhaps tax breaks for employers, and a pool of temporary hires who can cover for parents on leave, will move the needle.
- 2 October 2024
Commentary: A bold leap for parental leave, but fathers and employers hold the key
The success of Singapore's bold new parental leave policies hinges on fathers embracing their role in caregiving and employers supporting a balanced approach to family and work life, say the Institute of Policy Studies’ Mathew Mathews and Melvin Tay.
- 23 August 2024
1 in 2 dads in Singapore took paternity leave in 2022; work commitments among factors affecting take-up rate
Since government-paid paternity leave was introduced in 2013, take-up rates have more than doubled from about 25 per cent to over 50 per cent of fathers in recent years.
- 23 August 2024
Boosting Singapore’s low birth rate: Indranee Rajah, young parents discuss
- 31 July 2024
For dads, flexi-work is just what the doctor ordered
Flexible work arrangements should not reinforce the notion that women alone have to juggle the burden of work and caregiving.
- 1 May 2024
Wait Long Long to Get Married – No Good Lah
Singaporeans are marrying later in life. It may be hard to imagine that Singapore once struggled with people marrying in their teens. But is it a good thing that men and women are now only marrying at around 30 years of age?
- 9 April 2024
It breaks one’s heart to see Singaporeans forgoing children
For the first time, in 2023, Singapore’s total fertility rate may have fallen below one. We should all think deeply about why some of us are missing out on this beautiful experience.
- 5 March 2024
“You’re Cancelled!” – This is Basically Bullying, Right?
She was harassed and received death threats. Her emails were hacked. She was locked out of her company’s financial systems and records. A sex video involving her was leaked.
This was the situation that Sylvia Chan, co-founder of local media company Night Owl Cinematics (NOC), found herself in late 2021.
- 1 November 2023
Made for Families – Can Singapore Do More?
What else can we do to solve Singapore’s birth rate crisis? We explore some creative ideas and solutions.
- 1 November 2023