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Written Answer by Minister for Manpower Dr Tan See Leng to PQ on data on number of unvaccinated employees who are terminated due to inability of redeployment

NOTICE PAPER NO. 1085 OF 2022 FOR THE SITTING ON 5 APRIL 2022
QUESTION NO. 1727 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER 
MP: Mr Leong Mun Wai

To ask the Minister for Manpower with regard to the Workforce Vaccination Measures (a) whether the Ministry has data on the number of employees who are not vaccinated and are terminated due to the inability of redeployment; and (b) if so, what is the number.

Answer: 

As of 27 March 2022, 98.4% of the total workforce have been vaccinated whilst the number of local and foreign employees who had not taken any vaccine dose has fallen considerably to 36,900. Data on the number of unvaccinated employees who have ceased employment since the Workforce Vaccination Measures came into effect in January 2022 will only be available in mid-2022.