Ageism, lack of disability support remain rampant in Singapore's workforce, finds study

SINGAPORE (Apr 18): Businesses in Singapore have much to catch up on in terms of workplace diversity, according a new report by Workday, a provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources (HR).

Based on the findings of the Diversity & Inclusion study, which surveyed more than 100 HR leaders for large companies and small-medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore, more than half (53%) of local companies have less than 20% of women in leadership goals, which Workday underscores as well below the Singapore government’s Diversity Action Committee Singapore (DAC) 2020 targets.

While the majority (80%) of men surveyed believed their companies to do enough to support women in the workplace, only 65% of the women agreed – revealing a significant gender perception gap.

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