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Written Answer by Minister for Manpower Dr Tan See Leng to PQ on Number Of Companies Adopting Tripartite Standard On Unpaid Leave For Unexpected Care Needs In Past Five Years

NOTICE PAPER NO. 1854 OF 2023 FOR THE SITTING ON OR AFTER 21 April 2023

QUESTION NO. 2885 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

MP: Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang

To ask the Minister for Manpower for each year in the past five years, how many companies have adopted the Tripartite Standard on Unpaid Leave for Unexpected Care Needs.

Answer:

1. The number of companies that are adopters of the Tripartite Standard on Unpaid Leave for Unexpected Care Needs has increased from 2018 to 2022, per the table below, covering about 430,000 workers in 2022.

Year

Number of adopters of Tripartite Standard on Unpaid Leave for Unexpected Care Needs at end of year

2018

400

2019

900

2020

2,700

2021

3,300

2022

3,800