Written Answer to PQ on Work injury compensation claims made by platform workers

NOTICE PAPER NO. 192 OF 2025 FOR THE SITTING ON OR AFTER 5 NOVEMBER 2025
QUESTION NO. 506 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

MP: Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan

To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) how many work injury claims have been made by platform workers under the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019 since coverage was extended to them on 1 January 2025; and (b) how many of these claims (i) have received compensation, (ii) have been rejected and (iii) are being processed.

Answer:

From January to September 2025, platform workers made 1,029 work injury claims under the Work Injury Compensation Act. Of these claims, 752 received compensation, 19 were rejected, and 173 are being processed. The remaining 85 claims were withdrawn by the claimants.