More private sector employees on flexible work but practice still not prevalent
The proportion of private sector employees on flexible working arrangement
increased from 5.1% in 2006 to 7.4% in 2008. Including the public sector, the proportion of
employees on flexible working arrangements was higher at 9.4% in 2008, lifted by a notable
percentage of public sector employees on staggered hours.
Staggered working hours was the most commonly practised accounting for 54% of
employees on the flexible working arrangement or 5.1% of all employees. This was followed
by part-time working arrangement (3.4% of all employees). The other forms of flexible
working arrangements such as flexi-time (0.8%) and teleworking (0.1%) together accounted
for only 0.9% of employees. Restaurants (34%), Retail Trade (25%) and Broadcasting &
Publishing (23%) had the highest proportion of employees on flexible working arrangements
Source from
MANPOWER RESEARCH AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, MINISTRY OF MANPOWER, PAPER NO. 4/2008, Conditions of Employment 2008
