Ministry of Manpower (MOM)

Under the new measures, the payment of foreign worker levies will be waived until September and then only gradually reintroduced.

Singapore’s labour market is reeling from the effects of the Covid-19 health-turned-economic crisis, as total employment plummeted by 121,800 in June 2020. This more than four times the 25,600 contraction registered in March, according to preliminary nu

The decline in Singapore’s total employment is the sharpest contraction since the 2003 SARS pandemic

MOM expects the wage support measures announced under the three Budgets this year to cushion the extent of job losses.

In light of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, the Singapore government has stepped up support for businesses to retain, recruit and reskill workers for new jobs.

Overall unemployment rates had edged up to 2.3% in 2019, with resident unemployment at 3.1% and citizen unemployment at 3.3%.

“The challenge is not primarily the lack of job creation or jobs being created, but possible job-skills mismatches,” says Manpower Minister Josephine Teo.

SINGAPORE (Dec 12): Singapore’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points in the 3Q19 ended September.

SINGAPORE (Dec 2): "Democracy is alive and well" — Ronny Tong, pro-Beijing member of Hong Kong’s Executive Council, following the landslide victory of pro-democracy candidates at the recent local elections

SINGAPORE (Nov 28): Real median income growth of full-time employed residents in Singapore has slowed to 2.2% in 2019, falling sharply from the 4.4% growth recorded in 2018, according to an advance labour force report released by the Ministry of Manpower