Number of Retrenched Permanent Employees by Occupation - Annual | MOM

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Number of Retrenched Permanent Employees by Occupation - Annual

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)

Retrenchment of Permanent Employees refers to the termination of permanent employees due to redundancy. Source: Labour Market Survey, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM Before 2006, data pertain to private sector establishments (each with at least 25 employees). From 2006 onwards, it also includes the public sector.

Data from 1998 to 2025

Last updated 5 months ago (23 Mar 2026)

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NumberofRetrenchedPermanentEmployeesbyOccupationAnnual.csv (84 rows, 5.1 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Occupation Text	Retrench Permanent Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% clerical, sales and services workers33.3% professionals, managers, executives and technicians33.3% production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers33.3%	(Null)0.0%
1998	professionals, managers, executives and technicians	5830
1998	clerical, sales and services workers	5240
1998	production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers	18020
1999	professionals, managers, executives and technicians	3490
1999	clerical, sales and services workers	3560
1999	production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers	7580
2000	professionals, managers, executives and technicians	2780
2000	clerical, sales and services workers	1850
2000	production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers	7000
2001	professionals, managers, executives and technicians	8460

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Occupation	occupation	Text	-	-
Retrench Permanent	retrench_permanent	Text	-	-

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dataset_id = "d_2a12e772b35189cb2064590371f509d7"
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Number of Retrenched Permanent Employees by Occupation - Annual

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