Written Answer

Number and Percentage of Private Companies Offering Parent-care Leave

6 March 2023 · Ministry of Manpower

Speakers

Louis Ng Kok Kwang Tan See Leng (Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Trade and Industry)

Transcript

8 Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Manpower from 2021, what are the number and percentage of private companies that offer parent-care leave.

Dr Tan See Leng: Based on the latest available survey data in 2020, 1,785, that is, 13.2% of private companies provided paid parental care leave¹ to their employees^{2, 3}. The Ministry of Manpower does not track the number or percentage of private companies that offer unpaid parental care leave.