Chart of the Day: 89% of establishments gave compassionate leave

This was on top of the statutory leave benefit.

The Manpower Research and Statistics Department of the Ministry of Manpower reported:

Besides the statutory leave benefit, many employers provided other leave benefits to help their employees cope with family commitments.

A wide majority of establishments gave compassionate leave (89%) and marriage leave (73%). Slightly over half granted paternity leave (53%), while slightly over a third (36%) provided study/examination leave and one in six (16%) gave parental care/sick leave.

Compared with 2010, more establishments offered compassionate, marriage, paternity and parental care/sick leave in 2012.

Only the proportion offering non-statutory childcare sick leave declined from 19% in 2010 to 15% in 2012, following the introduction of the Government-Paid Childcare Leave Scheme which came into effect from 31 October 2008.

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