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Number of Retrenched Employees by Industry - Quarterly

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)

Retrenchment refers to the termination of permanent employees due to redundancy and early termination of term contract 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 Q1 1998 to Q4 2025

Last updated 5 months ago (23 Mar 2026)

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NumberofRetrenchedEmployeesbyIndustryQuarterly.csv (4.6K rows, 188.3 KB)

Quarter
Quarter (Q)
Industry
Text
Retrench
Text
(Null)0.0%
2000-Q10.9%
2000-Q20.9%
2000-Q30.9%
2000-Q40.9%
(Null)0.0%
others2.4%
construction2.4%
retail trade2.4%
manufacturing2.4%
(Null)12.9%
1010.9%
207.4%
306.4%
405.8%
1998-Q1manufacturing6170
1998-Q1food, beverages and tobacco40
1998-Q1textile and wearing apparel130
1998-Q1paper products and publishing130
1998-Q1petroleum and chemical products200
1998-Q1rubber and plastic products290
1998-Q1fabricated metal products130
1998-Q1machinery and equipment250
1998-Q1electrical products470
1998-Q1electronic products4120
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_61d92d31ca400be135190614277da825"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Ministry of Manpower. (2026). Number of Retrenched Employees by Industry - Quarterly (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_61d92d31ca400be135190614277da825/view

About this dataset

Contact

ng_li_mei@mom.gov.sgsamantha_teo@mom.gov.sg

Created on

23 Mar 2026

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)