Tracking Specific Benefits Offered by Tripartite Standard on Work-Life Harmony Adopters

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Manpower given that the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP) does not track the Tripartite Standard on Work-Life Harmony (TS-WLH), adopters’ provision of specific types of flexible work arrangements and enhanced leave benefits which is a requirement under the TS-WLH, how does the Ministry verify whether a company has complied with the TS-WLH to be listed on TAFEP’s website as an adopter.

Companies’ adoption of Tripartite Standards (TS), including the TS on Work-Life Harmony, is voluntary. A company would self-declare its adoption of the TS, after which the information is publicly listed on the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices’ (TAFEP) website.

If TAFEP receives a report on a company’s non-adherence to any TS, TAFEP will work with the company to realign the company’s policies and practices to the TS. If the company does not do so in a timely manner, TAFEP will remove public listing of the company as a TS adopter. To date, we have not received any reports of companies not adhering to the TS on Work-Life Harmony.