@mothershipsg: Following her speech in Parliament, Member of Parliament Elysa Chen shared her thoughts on the 2026 NDR announcements and a suggestion to help manage the companies when parents go on leave. Her idea? Longer maternity leave so that companies can hire temporary staff for longer periods of time. Catch the new episode of Friendly Fire on Friday, Aug. 28 where Mothership and Elysa Chen chat about the new parenthood support measures announced during NDR. #mothershipparliament

angiemf13 :

What nonsense one year maternity leave ! Which employer will pay!

BohTuckChek :

Why not pay mothers to stay at home.. don’t need to work .. good for mother.. good for colleagues

whycannot :

why 1 year? make it 12 years, till PSLE.

Cheenapok Apunehneh :

None of this will reverse the birth rate decline. Tell us what will?

Jian Xian :

The company must pay for the staff on maternity leave and the staff that did the cover. Extra cost for the company leh. Talk is easy but not all companies have the resources to get temp cover staff.

highflyer :

This is ridiculous suggestion

杨顺🇸🇬🍻🙌🏋️ :

Three years ago, our office hired a new female colleague. Almost immediately after joining, she took leave to get married, followed by pregnancy and maternity leave. She came back for just three months before getting pregnant with her second child. After clearing all her maternity leave, childcare leave, and various medical or sick leaves, she promptly resigned. In total, she spent nearly all three years on some form of leave until every benefit was completely exhausted, right before quitting. During those three years, the company was facing a tight financial situation and didn't lay her off, but none of the rest of us received a pay raise either. If the company hadn't hired her in the first place, her salary could have been distributed among the rest of us—at least then we would have gotten a proper salary increment.

mieracan :

we have it in Sweden I think up to 1.5-2 years. it works great

Jerichofozzyfan :

sg businesses will not change. they will go back what they have been doing for last couple of decades

EJchua 财运来 :

give up high salaried pay lah..... retrendment die high cost of standard of living can't forseen take unpaid leave. boss is kind enough...... hosiptalisation leave sick leave medical leave annual leave ...... be boss better for entrepreneurship

bongoguy48 :

Cheers happy Wednesday

Raptor :

Very soon parent will have free HDB 3 room flat for 2 children, 4 room flat for 3 children, 5 room flat for 4 children.

Crocodile :

first

nnen nnen :

lol... 1 year maternity leave... really ridiculous suggestion...

Vinod :

WPCanChangeSG :

PAP short term solutions

whycannot :

can we join her work place? all have kids and see how she meet the deadlines

zchin1208 :

if you hire a cover for a year, the company people will be so used to the cover staff than to the maternity staff. it's becomes unfair for the cover to work for a year and leave once the maternity staff comes back. a one year suggestion sounds fantastic to a pregnant lady but isn't good for the entire folks who aren't pregnant in the company.

PinkSalt :

maternity leave, 1 year? no need and come back lor.... you can take leave for good...never have consideration for your fellow colleagues at work? too much...

kcazrm :

Then why employ the soon to be mother in the first place. Singapore Govt you can't have your cake and eat it too! 😏

lktan1959 :

Then start your own company.

Cotton’s Room :

At this rate why not 10 years parental leave for both parents? Better yet just quit your job and be full time parent for the rest of your life.

user3688690161837 :

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