Failure To Adopt WFH Policy Among Lapses Found In Firms

Work arrangements remain in a state of flux as the pandemic wears on and the authorities continue to uncover safety breaches at workplaces, but companies can manage fatigue by staying agile and prioritising staff wellbeing, say experts.

- Prisca ANG

They noted that firms have largely grown familiar with remote work in the past 20 months or so, although some still struggle with it.

Manpower Minister Tan See Leng said on Monday that the failure to implement work-from-home (WFH) arrangements for staff who are able to work remotely is a common breach of safe management rules.

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has conducted nearly 45,000 workplace inspections since March last year.

“The vast majority have been compliant with the safe management measures, but there were breaches,” said Dr Tan in a written reply to a parliamentary question by Workers’ Party MP He Ting Ru.