Written Answer to PQ on CPF Act section 59

NOTICE PAPER NO. 2121 OF 2023 FOR THE SITTING ON OR AFTER 18 SEPTEMBER 2023
QUESTION NO. 4906 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

MP: Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan

To ask the Minister for Manpower for each year from 2018 to 2022, how many times have sections 59(2) and 59(4) of the CPF Act 1953 been invoked by employers who were then prospective employers in the public and private sectors to obtain past employment information of job applicants.

Answer:

1. From 2018 to 2022, sections 59(2) and 59(4) of the CPF Act 1953 have not been invoked by prospective employers in the public and private sectors.