WoW! Fund: How to Claim
The claim must be submitted to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) within the project deadline of one year. The organisation should make its claim after completing the whole project and achieving all the outcome targets.
If cash flow is a concern, the organisation may split its claim into two stages and seek reimbursement when it has achieved the relevant outcome targets for the Common Tranche (no. 1 to 3) and subsequently the Enhanced Tier (no. 4 to 7). The amount that can be reimbursed for each stage is up to $10,000.
Outcome Targets
- At least two types of flexible work arrangements (FWAs) formalised in HR policy:
- Part-Time work - Working hours are less than 35 hours in a week. This includes those who work half-days or only some days per week, but excludes those who work 'on and off', employees on short work-weeks and temporary employees who work the normal hours
- Flexi-time - This is an arrangement in which employees can vary their daily start and end times as long as they work the total hours agreed for an accounting period which is usually a week or month. Staggered hours is a form of flexi-time whereby employees can vary their start and finish times within prescribed limits.
Funding requirement: Employees must be allowed flexibility of at least 2-hour band (e.g. start between 7am to 9am, and end accordingly).
- Flexi-place - This is an arrangement in which employees perform work in places other than the office. Telecommuting is a form of flexi-place made possible by information and communication technologies.
Funding requirement: Employees must be allowed the flexibility to work away from office for at least two working days per month.
- Alternative work schedule - This refers to an arrangement where work schedule is redesigned in innovative manners to help employees manage their personal commitments, e.g. compressed workweek, split shifts, etc.
Funding requirement: The redesign of work schedules must be significant and useful to employees involved.
- Job sharing - The workload of a full-time job is split between two or more people in the office. The job-sharers work at different times, although there may be a time overlap to maintain continuity. They may each work part of the day or week, or alternate weeks depending on the arrangement agreed on by employer and employee. The pay, holidays and other benefits are usually divided in proportion to the number of hours they each work
- Project leader attended Work-Life training
- Communicated new FWAs in HR policy to employees
- Work-Life strategies developed, and Work-Life intention and outcomes achieved
- FWAs are being utilised by employees. There must be at least five employees benefitting from the FWAs
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Key performance indicators tracked for pre-project and post-project (at least three months after project completion). It is compulsory to track employee satisfaction and turnover rate
- Implementation of other Work-Life initiatives (if any)
Note: The outcome targets for the Common Tranche of WoW! Fund are the same as Tranche 1 of Flexi-Works!. Hence, each organisation can only tap on the first $10,000 once, either under the WoW! Fund or Flexi-Works!. The organisation may then tap on the WoW! Fund for an additional funding of up to $10,000 to develop Work-Life processes; and/or tap on Flexi-Works! for additional funding up to $90,000 to employ workers who have not been in the workforce for at least the past six months. Each applicant could potentially receive up to $110,000 in total funding from the two programmes.
Claim Procedure
The claim comprises the following documents, which must be submitted together:
Claim form (new!) - please submit it in MS Word format. With this new claim form, it is not necessary to submit a separate project report. Claims that do not use the new form will be rejected;
- HR policy formalising the flexible work arrangements (FWAs);
- Evidence of communication of HR policy to employees. Please indicate how, when and to whom it was sent to;
- Certificate(s) for Work-Life training;
- Receipts for items/services purchased; and
- Invoices for items/services purchased
Claims should be emailed to
mom_worklife@mom.gov.sg. Claims that are incomplete will be rejected.
Reimbursement Criteria
Reimbursement will be made only upon the achievement of the outcome targets and submission of a complete claim. Approval of the application does not guarantee reimbursement of the expenditure incurred for the project.
MOM reserves the right to audit the project and conduct interviews with the organisation and its employees. In addition, MOM reserves the right to audit successful applicants at any point in time during the two years after completion of the project to ensure that the grant is used appropriately. Applicants should retain documentary proof related to the project for at least three years.
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