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Work-Life Works! (WoW!) Fund

02.25.08 | Comment?

Get a grant to implement Work-Life Strategies, which will help your employees manage their work responsibilities alongside personal and family needs.For who?

  • All organisations with at least 5 paid employees (including private sector, public sector and non-profit organisations).

For what?

  • The WoW! Fund helps employers to defray costs incurred in implementing Work-Life Strategies. Specifically, you can use the funds for:
    • Training - To subsidise the cost of training human resource managers and line supervisors to implement work-life strategies. Courses must be approved by MOM.
    • Infrastructure - To subsidise one-time infrastructure development costs needed for flexible work arrangements or employee support schemes. E.g. Telecommuting systems, lactation rooms for nursing mothers, etc.
    • Consultancy - To subsidise the cost of hiring a certified consultant to explore, develop and implement work-life strategies. List of Certified Work-Life Consultants.
    • Human Resource - To subsidise the salary of staff tasked with implementing your business’ work-life strategies. By the end of the implementation period, staff must have completed a MOM-approved course.
  • WOW! can also be used to fund and support the following Employee Support Schemes (ESS):
    • Personal Work-Life Effectiveness (PWLE) Workplace Programmes
    • flexible benefits programmes
    • lactation, family or daycare rooms
    • time-saving services (e.g. concierge, internal postal or banking services)
    • employee counselling services (e.g. for stress or personal issues)
    • family referral services
    • innovative childcare or eldercare arrangements

How much?

  • The WOW! Fund co-funds up to 70% of your business’ work-life project, capped at S$10,000 per company.

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