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Applications reopened on 18 December 2025 amid continued demand, as highlighted by the Ministry of Manpower.
Singapore has extended the Part-Time Re-employment Grant (PTRG) for two years to December 2027, in efforts to support senior worker employment by providing grants to employers who offer part-time re-employment, flexible work arrangements, and structured career planning for senior workers. In light of this, the Ministry of Manpower said applications reopened on 18 December 2025.
The extension comes amid continued demand. Under the grant, employers will receive S$2,500 for employing each senior worker aged 60 years and above, subject to a cap of S$125,000 per employer. Since its introduction in 2020, the take-up of the PTRG has been" encouraging", MOM acknowledged. As of November 2025, more than 7,500 employers have tapped on the PTRG to support their employment or retention of senior workers, with more than 65,000 senior workers benefitting.
As highlighted by MOM, the PTRG complements a broader range of existing measures to strengthen support for senior employment – including the Senior Employment Credit, which provides wage offsets of up to 7% to employers that hire senior workers aged 60 and above; the SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme for mature workers aged 40 and above to reskill and upskill to improve their job prospects; Workforce Singapore's recently enhanced Career Conversion Programme, and more.
Other measures taken include:
- The convening of a Tripartite Workgroup on Senior Employment (TWG-SE) in July 2025, which focuses on empowering senior workers to be productive and employable, and promoting age-friendly jobs and workplaces.
- The TWG-SE's launch of the Alliance for Action on Empowering Multi-Stage Careers for Mature Workers, bringing together 32 organisations to develop and prototype solutions in areas such as training, career guidance, job redesign, and flexi-load jobs, to facilitate and support senior employment.
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