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You’ve decided to quit your job in search of greener pastures. You’ve applied for other positions and have even signed on the dotted line for a new attractive job offer. So you’ve just tendered your resignation and your boss is making you a counter- offer. It’s markedly more money so you’d be a fool not to take it, right? Wrong. Here’s why.

Chairman Mao Ze Dong uttered the famous words, ‘Women hold up half the sky’. But as female employees here juggle with work and childcare responsibilities, the question remains: Who supports the women?

For NTUC Club, which runs the entertainment arm of NTUC and manages entities such as its theme parks and resorts, the organisation’s pro-family benefits are aimed at helping its 420 employees balance the demands of family and work.

Providing a childcare centre helps retain young mothers who might otherwise choose not to work, says Kee Swee Huang, deputy director of human resource management for Housing & Development Board (HDB).