EMPLOYMENT OF RETRENCHED WORKERS

Parliament of Singapore · 20 January 1999

Official Report, 20 January 1999, Vol 69, Issue 12 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Lee Boon YangShriniwas Rai

Mr Shriniwas Rai asked the Minister for Manpower how many workers retrenched in 1998 obtained employment within three months of their retrenchment.

Dr Lee Boon Yang: For the first 3 quarters of 1998, a total of 21,073 workers were retrenched. Of the locals retrenched in the first half of 1998, 65% were re-employed as at September 1998. 44% of these locals retrenched managed to secure alternative employment within 1 month and 61% managed to do so within 3 months. The average time taken to secure alternative employment was about 1.6 months.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 20 January 1999. Republished on SGParliament.