Written Answer to PQ on Mandatory Retrenchment Notification Compliance

NOTICE PAPER NO. 11 OF 2025 FOR SITTING ON OR AFTER 23 SEPTEMBER 2025
QUESTION NO. 47 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

MP: Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan

To ask the Minister for Manpower for each year from 2021 to date (a) what is the number of companies that have failed to file a mandatory retrenchment notification (MRN) within the requisite period; and (b) what is the number of companies that have incurred penalties for failing to comply with this requirement.

Answer:

1. From Jan 2021 to Jun 2025, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) received around 19,800 Mandatory Retrenchment Notification (MRN) submissions. Of these, 5,750 were submitted later than the requisite period of five working days after affected employees were notified.

2. Most of the non-compliant employers were issued with caution letters and were cooperative in filing MRNs thereafter.