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Employees on Short Work-Week or Temporary Layoff by Occupation -Annual

Description

Annual counts of employees on short work-week or temporary layoff by occupation from 1998 through 2025, from the Ministry of Manpower Labour Market Survey. CSV fields include year, occupation, total, short work-week, and temporary layoff counts—useful for tracking labour market slack beyond unemployment during economic shocks in Singapore.

Official description

Source: Labour Market Survey, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM Before 2006, data pertain to private sector establishments (each with at least 25 employees). From 2006 onwards, it also includes the public sector.

Last updated
Coverage
1998-01-01 – 2025-01-01
Rows
84
Columns
5

Data

Year Occupation Total Short Work Week Temporary Layoff
1998 professionals, managers, executives and technicians 2960 2650 310
1998 clerical, sales and services workers 1920 1860 70
1998 production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers 12930 10260 2660
1999 professionals, managers, executives and technicians 340 330 10
1999 clerical, sales and services workers 260 250 10
1999 production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers 2600 2130 470
2000 professionals, managers, executives and technicians 260 200 60
2000 clerical, sales and services workers 120 100 20
2000 production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers 1790 1190 600
2001 professionals, managers, executives and technicians 12990 12580 400
2001 clerical, sales and services workers 3990 3870 120
2001 production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers 33010 30480 2530
2002 professionals, managers, executives and technicians 5320 5040 280
2002 clerical, sales and services workers 2140 2030 120
2002 production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers 14700 12840 1860
2003 professionals, managers, executives and technicians 4190 4030 160
2003 clerical, sales and services workers 4510 4180 330
2003 production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers 9180 7850 1330
2004 professionals, managers, executives and technicians 1270 1230 40
2004 clerical, sales and services workers 520 480 40
2004 production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers 4630 3900 730
2005 professionals, managers, executives and technicians 610 590 20
2005 clerical, sales and services workers 340 310 30
2005 production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers 3310 3090 220
2006 professionals, managers, executives and technicians 520 470 50

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Year Year (YYYY) No
Occupation Text Yes
Total Text No
Short Work Week Text No
Temporary Layoff Text No