Incidence of Retrenchment by Occupation - Annual | MOM

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Incidence of Retrenchment by 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. Incidence of retrenchment refers to the number of retrenched employees per one thousand employees. 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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IncidenceofRetrenchmentbyOccupationAnnual.csv (84 rows, 5.1 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Occupation Text	Incidence Of Retrenchment 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	22.4
1998	clerical, sales and services workers	21.1
1998	production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers	45
1999	professionals, managers, executives and technicians	13.1
1999	clerical, sales and services workers	14.6
1999	production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers	18.8
2000	professionals, managers, executives and technicians	9.3
2000	clerical, sales and services workers	7.3
2000	production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers	16.3
2001	professionals, managers, executives and technicians	25.6

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Occupation	occupation	Text	-	-
Incidence Of Retrenchment	incidence_of_retrenchment	Text	-	-

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Incidence of Retrenchment by Occupation - Annual

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