Written Answer to PQ on Employment outcomes of Persons with Disabilities

NOTICE PAPER NO. 2444 OF 2023 FOR SITTING ON OR AFTER 10 JANUARY 2024
QUESTION NO. 5273 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

MP: Mr Ong Hua Han

To ask the Minister for Manpower from 2022 to 2023 (a) what is the (i) average monthly resignation rate and (ii) proportion of part-time to full-time employment of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in the workforce; and (b) what is the median pay gap between PwDs who are Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians (PMETs) and PMETs who have no disability.

Answer:

Based on latest available data from the Comprehensive Labour Force Surveys done in 2021 and 2022, the ratio of part-time to full-time employed persons with disabilities in the workforce is approximately one to four.

2. The median pay gap between persons with disabilities who are Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians and those with no disability is about 13%. This median pay gap would be affected by differences in terms of occupation, industry, years of work experience and educational qualifications of persons with disabilities and those without.

3. We do not track the resignation rates of persons with disabilities.