Eat With Your Family Day, organised by Centre for Fathering, is a timely reminder to take some time at the end of a busy work week and set it aside for family.
Eat With Your Family Day
The initiative was launched back in 2003 to encourage businesses to allow employees to leave work at 5 pm to eat with their families.
Eat With Your Family Day takes place four times a year on the last Friday of the school term, at the start of the school holidays.
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Eat With Your Family Day 2026, the dates are:
- 13 March 2026
- 29 May 2026
- 4 September 2026
- 20 November 2026
During Eat With Your Family Day, participating organisations are encouraged to enable employees to leave work by 5 pm on the last Friday of each school term to enjoy a meal with their families.
Or for those who are working from home, it mean shutting down the computer or not scheduling any more calls after 5 pm.
Enjoying Eat With Your Family Day in Singapore
Among the parents who have benefited from Eat With Your Family Day in the past is Loh Ferng Lyng, Manager, City Developments Ltd. She said, “With my husband and I working full-time in office jobs, we seldom get to have family dinners together as our kids usually have their meals by 6pm. I really appreciate that CDL grants us an early release of 1.5 hours every quarter on the last Friday of the school term. This allows our family to get together and have a good meal and brings us closer as a unit. It has become such a joy that my children look forward to Eat with Your Family Day and will constantly remind us when the date draws near!”
We hope that you are able to make time to enjoy the upcoming Eat With Your Family Day on 4 September 2026, just before the start of the September school holidays in Singapore.
Looking for activities to do during the one-week school holidays? Check out our list of activities and things to do during the September school holidays in Singapore.
