Success Stories About Megachem Limited 
Megachem is a global specialty chemical solutions provider established in Singapore in 1988. It also manufactures proprietary chemicals tailored to customers’ needs. Megachem employs 173 staff in 10 countries, and has 73 employees in its Singapore office. Despite competitive workforce demand, Megachem is upbeat about its staff turnover rates that had dropped from 10 percent in 2005 to 2 percent in 2007. The company feels that this is an affirmation of their work-life strategies. Megachem was awarded the Work-Life Achiever Award 2008.
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In addition to the traditional leave benefits such as annual, medical and marriage leave, Megachem also provides childcare leave, compassionate leave, paternity leave, dependent care leave and sabbatical or career break leave. It also offers paid extended maternity leave of 1.5 months to first-time mothers and mothers who are coping with their babies’ health issues. 
Megachem has set-up a special recreation committee to take charge of the social and team-building aspects within the company. Every year, a budget is allocated for the committee to manage its planned activities for the year. Megachem also hired a work-life consultant to help enhance its work-life programmes. A change management team was also formed to improve the existing systems, processes and workflows. Senior management organises monthly coffee sessions with the staff to discuss wide ranging topics from work to personal matters. The purpose of these sessions is to get a better understanding of employees’ needs, improve employee-management relationships and give employees the opportunity to feedback to management. The senior management has helped to organise and participated in several company recreation and health events, thus role modelling for the rest of the corporation the importance of work-life balance.