More help on the way for women who want to return to work

More help is on the way for women in Punggol who want to return to work, including finding them a workplace closer to home and getting jobs with firms that offer flexible work arrangements.

- Zhaki Abdullah

Helping women go back to work is a key focus of PAP women activists in the constituency, said Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC MP Yeo Wan Ling.

Speaking on the sidelines of an event on March 30 to mark International Women's Day, she said: "I think the winning combination is that it's flexible work, there are good career prospects and the company is a partner to the women returning to work.

"And the most important part is there's a good salary package. So, these are some of the things that I know my women activists here have been fighting for."

So far, about 200 women have found jobs with flexi-work arrangements with Chye Thiam Maintenance – a facilities and environmental management firm – under a National Trades Union Congress pilot scheme called "C U Back at Work".

Chye Thiam's offices are in Tampines Industrial Drive, almost a stone's throw from Punggol.