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Daily process

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Working time

9am-6pm from Monday to Friday, break for lunch from 1pm-2pm.

1/ Coming late or leave office early:

• Requests for lateness within 30 minutes may be automatically approved.
• Requests exceeding 30 minutes will require justification and will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. If a request has not been approved by 9:00 AM, staff are kindly expected to be present in the office by 9:30 AM at the latest.
• Requests for lateness exceeding one hour will be treated as a two-hour time-off block.
• Requests to leave early will also require justification and approval on a case-by-case basis.

* In the event of a minor violation, a contribution of 20k to the Offspring charity fund is requested if the above guidelines cannot be met. In cases of more critical violations, a warning may be issued by your managers.

2/ Work from home:

• Maximum of 4 times per calendar month (each time equals no more than 1 day). If you need more than 4 times, please check with HR team. If you work from home, you are expected to be ready for the check-in call with your video turned on. Failing to join this call, will be considered that session off (session = morning or afternoon). Admin team will check WFH 2 times per day
  
  

  Morning: from 9:15am to 9:20am
  Afternoon: from 2:00pm to 2:05pm
  From now on, this link will be used permanently for our convenience.
  Video call link: https://meet.google.com/ftx-woha-gar

• Staff members need to work during office hours, simultaneously with other team members.
• Staff members need to be communicative on Skype and phone if they work from home and need to inform the line manager if they pause their work for more than 30mins
• Please ensure that your Sage request is submitted by 6:00 PM on the working day prior.
• Work-from-home (WFH) arrangements are generally not encouraged during key events such as go-live, scheduled team meetings (excluding daily catch-ups), and company monthly meetings.
• On any given day, no more than 30% of the team should be working from home. For smaller teams with only two members, this percentage may increase to 50%.
• Critical requests that do not align with the above guidelines will require justification and will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. If a request has not been approved by 8:30 AM, staff are kindly expected to be in the office as scheduled.

* In the event of a minor violation, a contribution of 20k to the Offspring charity fund is requested if the above guidelines cannot be met. In cases of critical violations, a warning may be issued by your managers.

3/ Holiday Schedule:

• 12 days annual leave according to Labour law and Christmas Day (the 25th of December of each Calendar year). We don't encourage extra leave or working from home around the holidays (before or after the break day). If you do have critical reasons that you have to take leave/ work from home during this period, please discuss with your managers

Note: Offspring will be closed from Christmas to New Year. Unless approved by managers, all staffs must take leave during this period.

Probation time	Full time employee (after probation)
- Coming in late/ leave earlier (with appproval) - Annual leave: Any days off will be deducted from your salary. If you pass the probationary period and sign a full-time contract, the 2 days off accrued during probation will be credited back.	- Coming in late/ leave earlier (with appproval) - Work from home (with approval) - Annual leave: 12 days annual leave according to Labour law and Christmas Day (the 25th of December of each Calendar year).

• Single-day annual leave should be requested by 6:00 PM on the preceding working day.
• For extended leave requests (2 days or more), it is kindly expected that they be submitted at least one week in advance.
• Annual leave is generally not expected on company meeting days, which are held on the last Friday of each month.
• Requests for annual leave are not typically expected within two days before or after a long company holiday (defined as a holiday lasting two or more working days).

* If you have a critical situation that prevents you from meeting these guidelines, please reach out to your manager to discuss the possibility of an exception.

4/ Female Employees with Children Under 1 Year Old

This policy is applicable to female employees who have children under 1 year old and have informed the HR team prior to the start date. Eligible employees may be permitted to work one hour less than the standard workday. Depending on the position, and after discussion with your manager, you may be allowed to arrive one hour later or leave one hour earlier.