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Number of Retrenched Employees by Industry and Occupation - Annual

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 1998 to 2025

Last updated 5 months ago (23 Mar 2026)

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NumberofRetrenchedEmployeesbyIndustryandOccupationAnnual.csv (3.5K rows, 304.7 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Industry Text	Occupation Text	Retrench Text
(Null)0.0% 20003.7% 20013.7% 20023.7% 20033.7%	(Null)0.0% others2.4% construction2.4% retail trade2.4% manufacturing2.4%	(Null)0.0% clerical, sales and services workers33.3% professionals, managers, executives and technicians33.3% production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers33.3%	(Null)12.4% 1011.8% 208.2% 306.2% 504.7%
1998	manufacturing	professionals, managers, executives and technicians	2680
1998	manufacturing	clerical, sales and services workers	1310
1998	manufacturing	production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers	16700
1998	food, beverages and tobacco	professionals, managers, executives and technicians	10
1998	food, beverages and tobacco	clerical, sales and services workers	20
1998	food, beverages and tobacco	production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers	200
1998	textile and wearing apparel	professionals, managers, executives and technicians	10
1998	textile and wearing apparel	clerical, sales and services workers	80
1998	textile and wearing apparel	production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers	230
1998	paper products and publishing	professionals, managers, executives and technicians	30

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Industry	industry	Text	-	-
Occupation	occupation	Text	-	-
Retrench	retrench	Text	-	-

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dataset_id = "d_6d1fcbd205b908c27c174db08432346a"
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Number of Retrenched Employees by Industry and Occupation - Annual

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