The Star, 22 August 2008
By IZATUN SHARI
KUALA LUMPUR: Women should be allowed to work flexible hours because it will encourage more women to join the workforce while helping them to balance work and family.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said a review of the Employment Act 1955 was timely and necessary to allow […]

New Straits Times, August 23 2008
By CHAI MEI LING
A multitude of issues concerning women were raised in this year’s Women’s Summit, but ways to achieve work-life balance remained the topic of focus. CHAI MEI LING comes away feeling like the summit was a new year do served with last year’s dishes
FLEXI hours. Job sharing. Working […]

News Straits Times, 22 August 2008
By: Nisha Sabanayagam
PETALING JAYA: Women may soon be able to put in flexible hours instead of the nine-to-five workday.
Less rigid job arrangements would encourage more women into the workforce, thus boosting national productivity and economic growth, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
“Flexi-hours is an approach that […]

News Straits Times, 23 August 2008
By: Nisha Sabanayagam and Evangeline Majawat
KUALA LUMPUR: Women groups yesterday welcomed Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s support for flexible hours for female workers.
The non-governmental organisations said flexi-hours would benefit the country in terms of productivity and would also reduce the dependence on foreign maids.
National Council of […]

News Straits Times, 23 August 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Flexible hours have been practised by multinational companies for decades.

The good news is that more local companies have adopted the concept by replacing the traditional nine-to-five working hours with a more flexible, employee-oriented and result-driven work culture. This new work culture is less about the hours an employee […]

By : CHAI MEI LING, WONG YING SIM and ANIZA ZAINUDIN
NST, 5 August 2007
Even as working mothers worldwide mull over the decision of whether to hang up their powersuits and don the apron, they are asked to consider a different perspective. CHAI MEI LING, WONG YING SIM and ANIZA ZAINUDIN at the Women’s Summit, find […]

NST, August 3 2007
By Nurris Ishak and Godhuli Chatterjee

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil with women and children after opening The Women’s Summit.
KUALA LUMPUR: Women should have the choice of opting out of the workforce to […]