Work-Life Works! (WoW!) Fund
Posted by admin on Dec 12, 2008
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.
- Training - To subsidise the cost of training human resource managers and line supervisors to implement work-life strategies. Courses must be approved by MOM
- 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.
Things to note:
- Projects which introduce flexible work arrangements will be given priority.
- MOM reserves the right to audit businesses which receive WOW! Funds to ensure that the grant is used appropriately.
- Each business can apply for the grant only once. To maximize your grant, you should make sure all your needs (e.g. training, infrastructure and consultancy) are addressed in your project proposal when applying.
- The grant does not cover:
- projects focused on enhancing personal wellness (e.g. gym membership)
- projects focused on strengthening employee relationships (e.g. family day and dinner-and-dance)
- recurring costs after implementation of a Work-Life project (e.g. maintenance of lactation room and IT equipment)
- goods and services tax (GST)
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