Retirement and re‑employment ages to be raised to 64 and 69 from 1 July 2026
28 April 2026
The retirement and re-employment ages in Singapore will be raised to 64 and 69 respectively with effect from 1 July 2026.
These changes are made pursuant to the Retirement and Re‑employment (Prescribed Minimum Retirement Age) Notification 2026 and the Retirement and Re‑employment (Prescribed Re-employment Age) Notification 2026 which were gazetted on 1 April 2026. These changes were first announced in March 2024 by Minister of State for Manpower Gan Siow Huang. Please read our article “MOM to raise retirement and re-employment ages to 64 and 69 respectively in 2026”.
The prescribed minimum retirement age for employees who attain 63 years of age on or after 1 July 2026 is 64 years of age. The prescribed re-employment age for employees who attain 68 years of age on or after 1 July 2026 is 69 years of age.
The Retirement and Re-employment Act 1993 protects senior workers from age-related dismissal before reaching the statutory retirement age. Employers must also offer re-employment to eligible senior workers up until the statutory re-employment age. The raise in the retirement and re-employment ages is to support senior workers to continue working if they wish to do so and improve their retirement adequacy.
Reference materials
The following materials are available on the Government Gazette website www.egazette.gov.sg: