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Oral Answer by Senior Minister of State Dr Koh Poh Koon on work injury in the course of platform work

Employment practices

NOTICE PAPER NO. 1549 OF 2022 FOR SITTING ON OR AFTER 29 NOVEMBER 2022

 

QUESTION NO. 3875 FOR ORAL ANSWER

 

MP: Dr Tan Wu Meng

 

To ask the Minister for Manpower in the past three years, how many reports have been received from platform firms or platform gig workers regarding injuries suffered in the course of platform or gig work including (i) near-misses (ii) accidents without injury (iii) accidents with injury of any severity and (iv) accidents with injury serious enough to require medical help.

 

 

Answer

 

1. Companies are required to report their employees’ injuries to the Ministry of Manpower to facilitate expeditious processing of work injury compensation claims and ensure that the injured employees receive the necessary compensation. Platform workers are currently not covered by mandatory work injury compensation requirements, so platform work injury data is not reported to the Ministry.

2. The Government has accepted recommendations by the Advisory Committee on Platform Workers, including strengthening financial protection in case of work injury. Upon implementation of the work injury compensation framework for platform workers, the reporting of work injuries for platform workers will be mandated.