Why no leave for working adults to take care of parents?
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Since the govt is pro Singaporeans being responsible for aging parents, why is there no leave stipulated by law for workers to use for taking care of their parents? There is childcare leave stipulated by MOM law but no "elderly parents care leave"??
Recently my father passed away, and I am worried if my mum ever gets sick (god forbids), will she be able to see the doctor independently and can we rely on her to tell us the truth as the doctor did? We can definitely take time off or annual leave or urgent leave to accompany our elderly parents to see the doctor, but what about chronic illnesses? This is an issue made even more critical when one has only one surviving parent.
Does this mean the government value the lives of elderly less than that of children and yet is out to "penalise" us for taking time off to take care of my parents?
Will someone please look into this issue?? -
money making policy overwrites family policy anytime.
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More excuses for Employers to Hire Foreign Talents , coz they didn't have to bring their parents here to enjoy Paid Leaves.
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Here, take another look at the system here:Originally posted by foxwalk:Since the govt is pro Singaporeans being responsible for aging parents, why is there no leave stipulated by law for workers to use for taking care of their parents? There is childcare leave stipulated by MOM law but no "elderly parents care leave"??
Recently my father passed away, and I am worried if my mum ever gets sick (god forbids), will she be able to see the doctor independently and can we rely on her to tell us the truth as the doctor did? We can definitely take time off or annual leave or urgent leave to accompany our elderly parents to see the doctor, but what about chronic illnesses? This is an issue made even more critical when one has only one surviving parent.
Does this mean the government value the lives of elderly less than that of children and yet is out to "penalise" us for taking time off to take care of my parents?
Will someone please look into this issue??
>> They wanted more babies; but women are losing their jobs the moment they are pregnant.
>> Then, when children are finally working, the children themselves find it hard to get time off to look after aged parents??
It's like, discard the beginning and the ending part, just take care of the middle section of people's lives??? -
Saying is one thing, doing it is another matter.
The government wants to increase our birth rate, so that it doesn't burden the economy. What has been done to help? Looking at the number of women being sacked or retrenched once they are pregnant, it tells much of how much they have been doing. Throwing money is of no use, it doesn't help long term, but short term only. PAP has always been proud to say that they are forward-looking, but when it comes to such issues, they are not willing to compromise. -
It's utter stupidity!Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Saying is one thing, doing it is another matter.
The government wants to increase our birth rate, so that it doesn't burden the economy. What has been done to help? Looking at the number of women being sacked or retrenched once they are pregnant, it tells much of how much they have been doing. Throwing money is of no use, it doesn't help long term, but short term only. PAP has always been proud to say that they are forward-looking, but when it comes to such issues, they are not willing to compromise.
Lets suppose we are booming with babies. Wouldn't these babies grow old and become a burden as well since the so called Retirement Fund in actual fact is useless? Singapore will be acrawl with old folks working as cleaners, dish-collecters, & toilet cleaners - since that's the only jobs reserved for people when they grow old! -
One concluding statement:
The government is hypocritical in its treatment of such important matters.
When my father was critically ill in the hospital. the doctors implied that it is not worthwhile to really strive to treat someone old. -
Does your company provides Family Care Leave? My company gives us 3 days of Family Care Leave per year to take care of our parents... On top of that we have 3 days of Child Care Leave...
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Depending on the company's benefits for staff.
My last job dun have. But in my current job, I am entitled to certain number of days leave to take care of my immediate family. This benefit is open to even those staff who are under probation. -
Who did you or your parents vote for?Originally posted by foxwalk:One concluding statement:
The government is hypocritical in its treatment of such important matters.
When my father was critically ill in the hospital. the doctors implied that it is not worthwhile to really strive to treat someone old. -
let's see..
babies = potential people to keep the economy running.. they are "fuel" for "future growth".. must look after
old people = not contributing to the economy... they are spent and should be discarded.. why bother to spend more time to look after?
uhh.. brutal but true? -
I don't agree with your statement on old people. Old people may not contribute much, but their experience are valuable. We young people can learn a lot from them.Originally posted by the Bear:let's see..
babies = potential people to keep the economy running.. they are "fuel" for "future growth".. must look after
old people = not contributing to the economy... they are spent and should be discarded.. why bother to spend more time to look after?
uhh.. brutal but true? -
i don't agree with my statement either.. but it is how the powers that make the laws and hire people view old people...
this is like mr brown.. satire...Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:I don't agree with your statement on old people. Old people may not contribute much, but their experience are valuable. We young people can learn a lot from them. -
It will be down to employers again. They can legislate to give a week of leave per year for workers to look after their elderly parents aged >65, but the only people who will benefit will be the civil service. Try that in the private sector, the bosses will sack you on some pretext like the case of pregnant women.
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This prevailing trend of neglecting and "discarding" old people, will compound into NEGATIVE results in the next GE for sure.
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The goverment already suggest to ship those old folks to Batam or JB so why still need this eldery leave scheme.
I think mr khaw said one. -
But our government have alot of old folks sitting in parliment
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they are very different from common old folks.Originally posted by elindra:But our government have alot of old folks sitting in parliment 
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all are equal... but some are more equal than others
Originally posted by elindra:But our government have alot of old folks sitting in parliment -
Originally posted by foxwalk:When my father was critically ill in the hospital. the doctors implied that it is not worthwhile to really strive to treat someone old.
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poor aged ppl......
haiz...its misearable isn't it....after all the struggle in life to ended up as deemed no value....haizzz....
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four legs good, but two legs better.....Originally posted by the Bear:all are equal... but some are more equal than others (animal farm)