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

What this data shows

Published by Ministry of Manpower. 84 records. Fields include Year, Occupation, Total, Short Work Week (5 columns in total). Covers 1998-01-01 to 2025-01-01. Last updated 2026-03-23.

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.

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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

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Columns

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