During the 7th Singapore Children's Society Lecture held at SMU last Saturday, Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob delivered a keynote address on work-life balance and urged the Government to legislate family care or eldercare leave. This, she said, will send a strong signal to employers about the growing need to support workers who have to take care of sick and frail family members. The issue is even more important with the greying population, which has increased demand for care of parents and older relatives.