Other than annual, maternity, medical and childcare leave which are statutory
requirements in the Employment Act, companies generally also provide other types of leave
benefits. Compassionate leave topped the list with 85% of establishments providing such
leave, followed by marriage leave (70%) and paternity leave (47%). Other than childcare
leave, 8.3% of establishments also provided child sick leave. Only 5.9% of establishments
provided parent care/parental sick (Chart 4).
As large establishments generally have more resources than small establishments, it
is not surprising that large establishments were more likely to grant various forms of paid
leave compared to small establishments as shown in Table 6.
Source from
MANPOWER RESEARCH AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, MINISTRY OF MANPOWER, PAPER NO. 4/2008, Conditions of Employment 2008
