Persons with Disabilities Employed by Small and Medium Enterprises

Debated in Parliament on 19 Sep 2023.

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Ong Hua Han asked for data on persons with disabilities employed by small enterprises with fewer than 25 employees under the Enabling Employment Credit, including numbers from 2020 to 2022, average employment length, and disability group breakdown.
Tan See Leng stated that about 3,000 persons with disabilities were supported annually in 2021 and 2022 by enterprises with fewer than 25 employees under the EEC, representing one-third of all EEC-supported individuals.
The majority of these employees had intellectual or sensory impairments, with others including physical disabilities and autism.
The Ministry does not track the average length of employment for these employees.
The EEC was introduced in 2021, so 2020 data was not available under this scheme.

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Ong Hua Han

Mr Ong Hua Han asked the Minister for Manpower based on the Enabling Employment Credit given out every year (a) how many persons with disabilities are employed by small and medium enterprises with less than 25 employees in 2020, 2021 and 2022; (b) what is the average length of employment of these employees in each year; and (c) what is the disaggregated data on the disability group which these employees belong to or identify with in each year.

Tan See Leng

The Enabling Employment Credit (EEC) is a wage offset scheme introduced in 2021 to support the employment of persons with disabilities. In 2021 and 2022, about 3,000 persons with disabilities supported under the EEC each year were employed by enterprises with fewer than 25 employees. This accounted for about one in three individuals supported under the EEC. The majority of them had either intellectual or sensory impairments, while the rest included persons with physical disabilities and autism. We do not track the average length of employment of these employees.

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Ong Hua Han asked for data on persons with disabilities employed by small enterprises with fewer than 25 employees under the Enabling Employment Credit, including numbers from 2020 to 2022, average employment length, and disability group breakdown.
Tan See Leng stated that about 3,000 persons with disabilities were supported annually in 2021 and 2022 by enterprises with fewer than 25 employees under the EEC, representing one-third of all EEC-supported individuals.
The majority of these employees had intellectual or sensory impairments, with others including physical disabilities and autism.
The Ministry does not track the average length of employment for these employees.
The EEC was introduced in 2021, so 2020 data was not available under this scheme.

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Persons with Disabilities Employed by Small and Medium Enterprises

Debated in Parliament on 19 Sep 2023.

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Ong Hua Han asked for data on persons with disabilities employed by small enterprises with fewer than 25 employees under the Enabling Employment Credit, including numbers from 2020 to 2022, average employment length, and disability group breakdown.
Tan See Leng stated that about 3,000 persons with disabilities were supported annually in 2021 and 2022 by enterprises with fewer than 25 employees under the EEC, representing one-third of all EEC-supported individuals.
The majority of these employees had intellectual or sensory impairments, with others including physical disabilities and autism.
The Ministry does not track the average length of employment for these employees.
The EEC was introduced in 2021, so 2020 data was not available under this scheme.

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Ong Hua Han

Tan See Leng

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Ong Hua Han asked for data on persons with disabilities employed by small enterprises with fewer than 25 employees under the Enabling Employment Credit, including numbers from 2020 to 2022, average employment length, and disability group breakdown.
Tan See Leng stated that about 3,000 persons with disabilities were supported annually in 2021 and 2022 by enterprises with fewer than 25 employees under the EEC, representing one-third of all EEC-supported individuals.
The majority of these employees had intellectual or sensory impairments, with others including physical disabilities and autism.
The Ministry does not track the average length of employment for these employees.
The EEC was introduced in 2021, so 2020 data was not available under this scheme.

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