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Doubling of paternity leave: SMEs fear impact on manpower
Govt reimbursement not the only issue as firms also face a very tight labour market, says ASME chief Kurt Wee
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Mindy Tan
Published Mon, Aug 24, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Singapore
WITH manpower concerns and rising operational costs continuing to weigh on SMEs, bosses may be slow to take up the call to double paternity leave to two weeks.
This is particularly so given that raising the re-employment age from 65 to 67 is unlikely to benefit them as much, since most SMEs already have flexible human resource (HR) frameworks when it comes to hiring senior employees.
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