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How to tell if your employer’s leave practices are progressive
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Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, get a headstart in your personal finance and career with The Straits Times.
Host and ST correspondent Tay Hong Yi chats with Mr Richard Cooper, business leader for benefits for Mercer Marsh Benefits in Singapore. Mr Cooper advises organisations on how to design healthcare benefits, insurance, flexi-benefits and related processes.
The ability to take leave from work for medical and personal reasons is a cornerstone of modern work.
However, it might not always be clear what a good benefits policy looks like, and when an employer is actually stingy or overbearing with what they require staff to do.
Do you have such experiences?
Highlights (click/tap above):
3:00 How job requirements shape benefits policies
4:51 What are best practices employers adopt?
9:58 What does overreach look like?
13:42 Are employees obliged to plan their leave periods around work?
16:47 Should we expect enough employers to keep reserve capacity?
23:22 Why can Nordic countries afford extensive leave?
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Host: Tay Hong Yi ( hytay@sph.com.sg
Produced & edited by: Amirul Karim
Executive producers: Ernest Luis, Lynda Hong & Joanna Seow
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