On 4 March 2024, it was announced at the Committee of Supply
2024 that the Tripartite Guidelines on Flexible Work Arrangement
requests ("Guidelines") were being developed.
We have set out a summary of the Announcement in our legal
update dated 26 March 2024, which can be found here.
It was recently announced on 16 April 2024 that the Singapore
Government has accepted all recommendations (further listed below)
by the Tripartite Workgroup on the Guidelines and that the
Guidelines will come into effect on 1 December 2024.
Once implemented, the Guidelines will shape norms and
expectations around flexible work arrangements, by setting out how
employees should request for flexible work arrangements and use
them, and how employers and supervisors should handle flexible work
arrangement requests.
