Oral Answer to PQ on Compliance with tripartite guidelines for retrenchment benefits

NOTICE PAPER NO. 456 OF 2026 FOR SITTING ON OR AFTER 4 FEBRUARY 2026
QUESTION NO. 1367 FOR ORAL ANSWER

MP: Mr Pritam Singh

To ask the Minister for Manpower for each year from 2020 to 2025 for companies with more than 25 workers, how many have paid retrenchment benefits at (i) above and (ii) below the prevailing tripartite guidelines governing retrenchment payouts respectively, to workers.

Answer:

1. Based on Mandatory Retrenchment Notification (MRN) data submitted by companies with 10 or more employees, around 9 in 10 eligible employees received retrenchment benefits from 2020 to 2025. Among them, around 8 in 10 received retrenchment benefits of at least 2 weeks’ salary per year of service, in line with the norms stated in the Tripartite Advisory on Managing Excess Manpower and Responsible Retrenchment (TAMEM).