Need for a women-friendly workplace

I REFER to “Be flexible, bosses told” (The Star, Dec 19) and accept it as something that we need to do for the sake of gender balance in the workplace. Generally our Malaysian employment legislation provides job security whereby women can return to their jobs after their maternity leave.

Some countries are yet to recognise the important role of women, but Malaysian employers, if not far ahead of their counterparts in other countries, are in good state at least. In spite of this, it is clear that female employees need more flexibility in working hours, roles and responsibilities.