“This is also to give more time for employers to adjust, especially taking into account the existing economic conditions and manpower and operational challenges that many employers face,” says Wong. “We will review this over time and we intend to make this mandatory in due course.”
Singapore will double paid paternity leave to four weeks for eligible working fathers of citizens born from Jan 1, 2024.
For now, employers may choose to grant the additional two weeks of leave on a voluntary basis, with government reimbursements, says Finance Minister Lawrence Wong in his Budget 2023 speech on Feb 14.
