New retirement and re-employment thresholds take effect in 2026
Singapore is raising its retirement and re-employment age thresholds in phases, with the next increase set for July 1, 2026. At that point, the retirement age will shift from 63 to 64, and the re-employment age from 68 to 69, with a final target of 65 and 70 respectively by 2030.
These changes are already being adopted early by some employers, as companies that wait until the deadlines to act may find themselves both non-compliant and unprepared. The changes bring with them new legal, operational and cultural challenges for HR leaders navigating an ageing workforce.
“The public sector will adopt the 64 and 69 thresholds from July 2025, while NTUC plans to do so even earlier, in January 2025,” explains Kenneth Pereire, Managing Director of KGP Legal.
The Retirement and Re-employment Act (RRA) prohibits employers from terminating employees solely on the basis of age if they are below the statutory retirement age. Once that age is reached, companies are obligated to offer re-employment, assuming eligibility criteria are met.
“Eligible individuals must be offered re-employment up to the applicable re-employment age,” Pereire says.
Those eligibility criteria are more than a formality. If a suitable role can’t be found, options exist, but they come at a cost.
“An employee must be a Singapore citizen or permanent resident, meet certain tenure and performance requirements, and be medically fit to continue working,” he...
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