{"id":96685,"date":"2026-10-31T10:37:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T02:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=96685"},"modified":"2026-10-31T10:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T02:37:06","slug":"singapores-q3-2026-layoffs-reach-4800-most-since-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=96685","title":{"rendered":"Singapore\u2019s Q3 2026 layoffs reach 4,800, most since 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Singapore recorded 4,800 retrenchments in July\u2013September 2026, the highest quarterly total since late 2020, as corporate restructuring continued to drive job cuts, according to preliminary Ministry of Manpower data. The figure rose from 4,620 in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Singapore\u2019s employment nevertheless grew by 27,700 in the third quarter, accelerating from an increase of 11,400 in April\u2013June. The employment figures exclude migrant domestic workers.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Restructuring drives job losses in Singapore<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Business reorganisation remained the main reason for retrenchments, Singapore\u2019s manpower ministry reported. Job cuts remained concentrated in businesses reliant on exports and overseas markets, leaving those sectors exposed to shifts in the global economy.<\/p>\n<p>Singapore last recorded a higher quarterly retrenchment total in October\u2013December 2020, when 5,640 workers lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Singapore subsequently experienced a tighter labour market as pandemic travel restrictions contributed to an exodus of foreign workers from the business hub. The recent rise in retrenchments signals a shift from that period of labour shortages.<\/p>\n<p><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.nationthailand.com\/uploads\/images\/contents\/w1024\/2026\/10\/X83MuAMDm5BfuqXVUVjC.webp?x-image-process=style\/xs-webp\" media=\"(max-width: 450px)\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.nationthailand.com\/uploads\/images\/contents\/w1024\/2026\/10\/X83MuAMDm5BfuqXVUVjC.webp?x-image-process=style\/md-webp\" media=\"(max-width: 690px)\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.nationthailand.com\/uploads\/images\/contents\/w1024\/2026\/10\/X83MuAMDm5BfuqXVUVjC.webp?x-image-process=style\/lg-webp\" alt=\"Singapore\u2019s Q3 2026 layoffs reach 4,800, most since 2020\" class=\"img-fluid w-100 showcaption-false\" style=\"width: 1820px; height: 1024px;\" width=\"1820\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n            <\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationthailand.com\/news\/asean\/40072962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore recorded 4,800 retrenchments in July\u2013September 2026, the highest quarterly total since late 2020, as corporate restructuring continued to drive job cuts, according to preliminary&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}