Written Answer to PQ on Disguised retrenchment complaints

NOTICE PAPER NO. 439 OF 2026 FOR SITTING ON OR AFTER 4 FEB 2026
QUESTION NO. 898 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

MP: Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan

To ask the Minister for Manpower for each year from 2021 to 2025, how many complaints of disguised retrenchments have the Ministry and Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP) received.

Answer:

1. From 2021 to 2025, the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP) received fewer than 10 complaints each year on disguised retrenchment. This represented less than 1% of total complaints received each year.