Written Answer by Minister for Manpower Dr Tan See Leng to PQ on number of unvaccinated employees ceasing employment in the last three months
NOTICE PAPER NO. 1088 OF 2022 FOR THE SITTING ON 4 APRIL 2022
QUESTION NO. 1734 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
MP: Dr Tan Wu Meng
To ask the Minister for Manpower of the 52,000 unvaccinated employees as of 19 December 2021, how many of these individuals have ceased employment since (i) 1 January 2022 (ii) 1 February 2022 and (iii) 1 March 2022.
Answer:
As of 27 March 2022, 98.4% of the total workforce have been vaccinated whilst the number of local and foreign employees who had not taken any vaccine dose has fallen considerably to 36,900. Data on the number of unvaccinated employees who have ceased employment since the Workforce Vaccination Measures came into effect in January 2022 will only be available in mid-2022.