https://sg.foundific.com/news/News on each official pay and jobs release in Singapore.en-sgMon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sg.foundific.com/news/senior-employment-workgroup-october-2026/https://sg.foundific.com/news/senior-employment-workgroup-october-2026/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000A tripartite workgroup recommends Singapore raise its retirement age to 65 and re-employment age to 70 on 1 January 2029. The Government accepted all six.https://sg.foundific.com/news/inflation-september-2026/https://sg.foundific.com/news/inflation-september-2026/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Singapore's core inflation eased to 2.0% in September 2026 from 2.2% in August, MAS and METI said. Overall prices rose 2.2%, down from 2.3%.https://sg.foundific.com/news/employment-expense-claims-october-2026/https://sg.foundific.com/news/employment-expense-claims-october-2026/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000IRAS said on 21 October 2026 it has identified over 3,000 taxpayers with employment expense claims like those in misleading messages.https://sg.foundific.com/news/haze-outdoor-work-october-2026/https://sg.foundific.com/news/haze-outdoor-work-october-2026/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000MOM issued 4 haze bands on 20 October 2026 for adjusting outdoor work in Singapore by 1-hour PM2.5 readings, from Normal to Very High at 251.https://sg.foundific.com/news/retrenchments-q2-2026/https://sg.foundific.com/news/retrenchments-q2-2026/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +00004,620 workers were retrenched in Singapore in Q2 2026, up from 3,830 in Q1, MOM data show. The rate rose from 1.6 to 2.0 per 1,000 employees.https://sg.foundific.com/news/wellbeing-first-responders-october-2026/https://sg.foundific.com/news/wellbeing-first-responders-october-2026/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000MOM is offering 400 more fully subsidised places to train workplace well-being first responders in Singapore, it said on 20 October 2026.https://sg.foundific.com/news/nwc-guidelines-2026/https://sg.foundific.com/news/nwc-guidelines-2026/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Singapore's National Wages Council recommends a 6.0% to 8.0% wage rise for workers earning up to S$2,800 a month, from 1 December 2026.https://sg.foundific.com/news/training-participation-2025/https://sg.foundific.com/news/training-participation-2025/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Training participation among Singapore's resident workers reached 54.8% in 2025, MOM said on 19 October 2026, as IAL launched a Skills-First framework.https://sg.foundific.com/news/jobseeker-support-october-2026/https://sg.foundific.com/news/jobseeker-support-october-2026/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000MOM said 66.5% of the 5,700 jobseekers helped by SkillsFuture Jobseeker Support to 31 July 2026 found new job roles within 6 months of joining.https://sg.foundific.com/news/pmet-reemployment-october-2026/https://sg.foundific.com/news/pmet-reemployment-october-2026/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000MOM said 67.4% of retrenched resident PMETs who found work in 2023 to 2025 switched industry, and 60.2% of those earned less than before, in a reply.https://sg.foundific.com/news/sec-support-age-group-october-2026/https://sg.foundific.com/news/sec-support-age-group-october-2026/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000MOM said 349,300 workers aged 60 and above qualified for SEC support in 2025, up from 336,426 in 2023. The 70-and-above group rose by 17,266.