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Work Life Excellence Award > Pages > work-life_programmes.aspx
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Flexible Work Arrangements
Traditionally, employees start and end work at fixed times throughout the week at the workplace. Flexible work arrangements depart from these traditional characteristics by including innovative work options such as:
- flexi-place/telecommute
- staggered hours/flexi-time
- compressed work schedule
Flexible work arrangements shape employees’ daily routines and have great impact on their Work-Life Harmony. An organisation can often reap dramatic benefits from a well-implemented flexible work arrangement, with extensive cost savings and ramped-up efficiency and productivity.
While they are not "one size fits all" solutions, appropriate flexible work arrangements allow employees to more effectively manage their time and do their best at work.
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Enhanced Leave Benefits
Employers are beginning to offer different types of non-statutory leave benefits in response to the employees’ changing needs. Some of these leave benefits include:
- compassionate leave
- paternity leave
- family care leave
- marriage leave
- sabbatical leave
- exam leave
- study leave
- time off
- voluntary service leave
- first-day-at-school leave
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Employee Support Schemes
Employee support schemes help employees manage the non-work aspects of their lives, especially "time stress". These schemes could involve the innovative use of existing organisational resources, dependent care support, health and wellness programmes, flexible benefits and time-saving services.
Contrary to popular belief, employee support schemes need not be costly. For instance, organisations that already provide a service or product as a business could extend it to their employees at a marginal cost. These schemes can make a big difference to employees and, in turn, bolster employee engagement.
Some employee support schemes include:
- family care information / referral
- counseling services
- medical insurance for family members
- childcare and/or elder-care support e.g. subsidies, on-site facilities
- lactation/family care room
- social activities for singles/family members
- time-saving services, eg. laundry pick-up, internal postal or banking services
- health screening
- in-house wellness programmes
Find out more about Work-Life programmes using the Work-Life ToolKit!
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