Written Answer to PQ Reply on Annual Leave for First Year of Service

NOTICE PAPER NO. 3121 OF 2024 FOR THE SITTING ON 14 OCT
QUESTION NO. 6141 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

MP: Mr Louis Ng

To ask the Minister for Manpower for each year in the past five years, how many full-time resident employees aged 25 to 64 earning (i) below $2,000 per month (ii) $2,000 to $4,999 per month and (iii) $5,000 and above per month, received only seven days of paid annual leave in their first year of employment respectively.

Answer:

1. The number of full-time resident employees aged 25 to 64 who were in their first year of employment and received only seven days of paid annual leave is shown in the table below:

Source: Survey on Employees' Working Conditions, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM

Note: Persons who worked less than one year in their current job are a small group. More detailed estimates about this group are, therefore, not available.