EMPLOYERS might want to consider letting workers take annual and medical leave on an hourly instead of daily basis.

This would be a better match for the lifestyles of most people.

Leave taken on a by-day basis seems to be an archaic practice.

Allowing workers to take leave by the hour has the following advantages:

Saving man-hours

• An employee who feels unwell in the morning and needs to rest for, say, an hour before going to work would not need to waste a few man-hours by taking a half-day off.
• An employee who needs just an hour to settle a personal matter would not have to take a half or whole day off.

Flexibility

• A worker could take leave from 3pm to 12pm the next day.
• A worker who needs to leave the office half an hour earlier or arrive an hour later on a regular basis because he or she has to accompany a child to and from school would be able to do so easily by taking leave.

This idea may seem radical and face opposition from most bosses.

However, these employers should think out of the box.

Mr Allan Tan

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