Oral Answer to PQ on Annual Leave for First Year of Service by Industry

NOTICE PAPER NO. 3201 OF 2024 FOR THE SITTING ON 13 NOV
QUESTION NO. 6795 FOR ORAL ANSWER

MP: Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang

To ask the Minister for Manpower what is the breakdown by industries of the number of full-time resident employees aged 25 to 64 who in their first year of employment received only seven days of paid annual leave.

Answer:

1.As mentioned in our earlier reply to a related PQ read on 14 October 2024, out of the 228,900 full-time resident employees aged 25 to 64 who were in their first year of employment in 2023, 18,800 employees or 8.2% received only seven days of paid annual leave. Detailed estimates broken down by industry are not available.