Written Answer by Mr Tan Chuan-Jin, Acting Minister for Manpower & Senior Minister of State, National Development, to Parliamentary Question on Complaints and Claims by Employees under the Employment Act

Mr Chen Show Mao: To ask the Acting Minister for Manpower in each year from 2008 to 2012 (a) how many incidents were lodged by employees as (i) claims under the Employment Act; (ii) complaints under the Employment Act; and (iii) appeals against unfair dismissal; (b) out of the number of incidents for each, how many were lodged by employees aged (i) 40 to 49; (ii) 50 to 59; (iii) 60 and above; and (c) out of the number of incidents for each, how many were lodged by female employees.

Mr Tan Chuan-Jin:

1. The breakdown of Employment Act-related cases lodged by employees from 2008 to 2012 by age and gender is provided in Table 1 and 2 respectively.
   
   Table 1: Breakdown of cases lodged by employees by age, 2008 – 2012p*

   	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012(p)
   Total Number of Claims	7434	7410	6614	6075	6688
   (i) Under age 40	4049	4154	3678	3089	3740
   (ii) age 40-49	1791	1743	1565	1322	1341
   (iii) age 50-59	798	795	769	840	744
   (iv) age 60 and above	565	535	497	569	492
   (v) age not indicated	231	183	105	255	371
   Total Number of Complaints	299	291	411	394	421
   Breakdown Unavailable
   Total Number of Unfair Dismissal Appeals	82	116	101	123	170
   (i) Under age 40	49	82	70	86	120
   (ii) age 40-49	12	12	13	16	17
   (iii) age 50-59	13	17	13	16	17
   (iv) age 60 and above	3	4	3	5	7
   (v) age not indicated	5	1	2	4	13

   * Age and gender is not a mandatory field when lodging a claim.
   p: preliminary figures
   Source: Administrative Records
   
   Table 2: Breakdown of cases lodged by employees by gender, 2008 – 2012p*

   	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012(p)
   Total Number of Claims	7434	7410	6614	6075	6688
   (i) Male	6014	5651	5119	4442	4827
   (ii) Female	1271	1647	1415	1413	1526
   (iii) Gender not indicated	149	112	80	220	335
   Total Number of Complaints	299	291	411	394	421
   Breakdown Unavailable
   Total Number of Unfair Dismissal Appeals	82	116	101	123	170
   (i) Male	32	35	25	44	41
   (ii) Female	47	80	76	77	122
   (iii) Gender not indicated	3	1	0	2	7

   * Age and gender is not a mandatory field when lodging a claim.
   p: preliminary figures
   Source: Administrative Records