Singapore 2020 employment contracts most in over two decades

SINGAPORE, March 16 (Reuters): Singapore's total employment in 2020 shrank the most in more than two decades, according to official data on Tuesday, with foreigners' jobs accounting for most of the decline in a labour market hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. ​

Total employment, excluding foreign domestic workers, contracted by 166,600 last year, the manpower ministry said.