HRSINGAPORE^® Community Reports

April 2007

Dear HR Professionals

Should HR put a stop to employees applying for urgent leave? As leave is the employee's entitlement, how can HR put a stop to employees wanting to apply for urgent leave?

Some HR practitioners in the HRSINGAPORE^® forum argue that HR should not put a stop to urgent leave which is unavoidable especially for those employees with young children. They suggest a meeting with staff who take urgent leave often to find out the causes and limit the number days taken in a year. Others wish to issue circulars stating that the company would not entertain calls in urgent leave unless it is really urgent and all urgent leave applications must be substantiated with proof.

According to Mr Ong Loong Tee, VP for HR Consultancy, HRSINGAPORE^®, There is actually no such thing as an urgent leave scheme. But employees can apply for annual leave to attend to urgent matters. Technically, it means that management needs to approve such leave before an employee can go on leave. Therefore, HR practitioners need to be more understanding as there are always unforeseen events to attend to from time to time". "However, we should not tolerate employees with attitude problems abusing the urgent leave system." adds Mr Ong.

Some of the other issues discussed in April were:

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