Faculty and staff at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, have come together to donate their unused annual leaves under the university’s Leave Redemption and Donation Exercise, in aid of students amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The initiative, which allows employees to redeem their unutilized earned annual leave value, courses their donation to a fund of their choosing, as per NTU’s statement on Nov. 23. Employees of NTU are entitled to 21 to 42 days of annual leave, depending on their employment scheme and years of service.
Employees can choose to contribute their donation to the university’s bursaries, general endowment, education and student life fund, or other school or cent…
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