Salary and wrongful dismissal claims went up in 2025 compared to the year before, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management (TADM) said on Friday (July 24).Wrongful dismissals increased from 0.46 per 1,000 employees in 2024 to 0.57 in 2025. The follows their Employment Standards Report 2025, which indicated that the number of incidents involving salary claims increased from 2.63 per 1,000 employees in 2024 to 2.84 in 2025.Salary claims lodged by local employees were primarily from the administrative and support service sector, followed by the professional, scientific and technical sector.For foreign employees, the construction sector made up 46 per cent of salary claims lodged, consistent with the trend from 2024.About 88 per cent of salary claims were resolved through TADM's mediation process, while the remaining 12 per cent were referred to the employment claims tribunal (ECT).In total, 92 per cent of claimants were able to fully recover their salaries and payments via TADM and the ECT, the report said. Read more