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Singapore workers clock fewer hours over 8 years: Manpower Ministry Report
Flexible options, technology see average work week shorten to 43 hours in 2018
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Manpower Ministry figures show that employed Singaporeans and permanent residents worked an average of 43 hours a week last year. This has come down from 43.2 hours in 2017 and a high of 46.6 hours in 2010. The fall last year was due to a slight decrease in hours among people working full time, as well as a rising share of part-timers in the workforce, says the ministry.
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As more people choose part-time work and are aided in their jobs by technology, the average number of hours worked per week has been falling over the past eight years.
An annual report on the resident labour force in Singapore, released by the Ministry of Manpower yesterday, showed that employed Singaporeans and permanent residents worked an average of 43 hours a week last year. This has come down from 43.2 hours in 2017 and a high of 46.6 hours in 2010.
