Since Singapore is living with Covid, I do feel that government should do more for parents.
Recently my little one caught covid, she was less than a year old. She caught it from my helper who also positive. High fever, diarrhea and vomits, fortunately, this was shortly after i recovered my covid and i am able to take care of her.
However, due to my limit leaves, l tried to take MC using my daughter medicial cert and was rejected by HR as this is not the general guidelines by our government.
Unfortunately, my LO have a couple of unfortunate events such as UTI after birth, my leaves had runs out. As a parent, i do feel that it is almost impossible to prevent my LO from getting covid but at the same time government is not helping parents. If our kids gets it, who going to take care of them, and 7 days or even more mc is just hard for parents to take urgent leave.
Just venting….
Here are what netizens think:
- Go see doctor for what? No cure also one. You go there they give you panadol, you go guardian faster and cheaper
- Unfortunately, cant use your child MC and claim it under your own MC. It doesnt work that way and most probably wont have such a thing in the foreseeable future. However, you can take unpaid leave and use your childs MC as supporting document.
- She sounded like she has exhausted all her leave including childcare leave. Assuming a parent has exhausted all their leaves, it makes me wonder, in this scenario wouldnt it be fair to take unpaid leave? Wouldnt doing more for the parents means being unfair to the organisation (be it small or big) and to others who arent a parent because they have to cover more duties.
- Progressive companies provide childcare leave which is exactly for the purpose you mentioned. Lobby your MP for it to be put into law