Written Answer to PQ on Non-payment of CPF Contributions and Proactive Investigations

NOTICE PAPER NO. 950 OF 2026 FOR SITTING ON 4 AUGUST 2026
QUESTION NO. *2375 FOR ORAL ANSWER

MP: Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song

To ask the Acting Minister for Manpower (a) what specific thresholds of non-payment or delayed Central Provident Fund contributions trigger an active, proactive investigation into an employer before corporate liquidation proceedings begin; and (b) how many such proactive investigations have been conducted by the Ministry in the past year.

Answer:

1 The Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board has measures to detect non or late payment of CPF contributions.

2 In the past year, there was an average of about 2,600 employers per month, or 1.6% of all active employers, who failed to make timely CPF contributions within one month after the grace period. CPF Board followed up on all of these cases detected and took enforcement actions to recover arrears where necessary.