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Number of Retrenched Employees by Occupation - 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 Jan 1998 to Dec 2025

Last updated 4 months ago (23 Mar 2026)

Data explorer

NumberofRetrenchedEmployeesbyOccupationQuarterly.csv (336 rows, 21.3 KB)

Quarter
Quarter (Q)
Occupation
Text
Retrench
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-Q1professionals, managers, executives and technicians1390
1998-Q1clerical, sales and services workers1160
1998-Q1production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers6280
1998-Q2professionals, managers, executives and technicians1240
1998-Q2clerical, sales and services workers1360
1998-Q2production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers5160
1998-Q3professionals, managers, executives and technicians1460
1998-Q3clerical, sales and services workers1420
1998-Q3production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers4740
1998-Q4professionals, managers, executives and technicians2010
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_a6246f522f3ea0cf265e3ef3ad59fe8e"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Ministry of Manpower. (2026). Number of Retrenched Employees by Occupation - Quarterly (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 17, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a6246f522f3ea0cf265e3ef3ad59fe8e/view

About this dataset

Contact

ng_li_mei@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)