Observable Trends in Companies' Submissions of Mandatory Retrenchment Notifications

Mr Fadli Fawzi asked the Minister for Manpower (a) since June 2025, how many mandatory retrenchment notification (MRN) submissions have been received; (b) of these, how many have been submitted later than the requisite period of five working days after affected employees were notified; and (c) whether this represents an increase over previous years.

Dr Tan See Leng: From June 2025 to March 2026, the Ministry of Manpower received around 6,100 Mandatory Retrenchment Notification submissions. Of these, 1,170 were submitted later than the requisite period of five working days after affected employees were notified.

This represents a compliance rate of about 80%, which is an improvement from the 2022 to 2025 average of about 70%.