Complaints and Claims by Employees under the Employment Act

Mr Chen Show Mao asked the Acting Minister for Manpower in each year from 2008 to 2012 (a) how many incidents were lodged by employees as (i) claims under the Employment Act; (ii) complaints under the Employment Act; and (iii) appeals against unfair dismissal; (b) out of the number of incidents for each, how many were lodged by employees aged (i) 40 to 49; (ii) 50 to 59; (iii) 60 and above; and (c) out of the number of incidents for each, how many were lodged by female employees.

The breakdown of Employment Act-related cases lodged by employees from 2008 to 2012 by age and gender is provided in Table 1 and 2 respectively.

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