A social issues researcher stated to Macau News Agency that the current economic slowdown caused by the pandemic would be a good time for the government and employers to discuss more flexible work schedules for young parents.
“It is a good time for the government to consult the industry and employers. […] maybe it would be possible to have some flexibility of labour conditions to parents. I know that in Europe many countries have a system that allows parents to take it slow in the first two or three years after the child is born,” Melody Lu, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology of the University of Macau told MNA.
“If this is a time where the industry really needs to reduce the hours of labour, they could actually work together to allow young parents to take maybe 70 to 80 per cent of their working hours”
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