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Written Answer to PQ on Terms of Re-employment

NOTICE PAPER NO. 1128 OF 2026 FOR THE SITTING ON 4 AUGUST 2026
QUESTION NO. 1799 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

MP: Mr Saktiandi Supaat

To ask the Acting Minister for Manpower since January 2025 (a) how many workers reaching the statutory retirement age were offered re-employment with (i) the same role and salary (ii) the same salary, but different role and (iii) a role with reduced salary or benefits; (b) what is the median reduction in income where terms are changed; and (c) how the Ministry ensures that re-employment is meaningful, not merely formally and legally compliant.

Answer:

Based on a survey conducted by Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in 2025, over 9 in 10 resident workers who reached the statutory retirement age were offered re-employment in the same role.1,2 Among resident workers who were re-employed in the same job, more than 98% did not experience reductions in salary, leave benefits or medical benefits.1,3 MOM does not collect data on salary and benefits of those re-employed in different roles.

2. The Tripartite Guidelines on the Re-employment of Older Employees stipulate that any wage adjustments during re-employment should be based on reasonable factors such as productivity, duties and responsibilities, and prevailing wage systems. Given that most workers who are re-employed in the same roles.

FOOTNOTE

  1. Data pertain to private sector establishments each with at least 10 employees.
  2. Data pertain to private sector resident employees who were offered re-employment on an existing contract or on a new fixed-term contract in the same job.
  3. Data pertain to private sector resident employees who accepted a re-employment offer on an existing contract or a new fixed-term contract in the same job.