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The hard truth? Almost everyone may be a platform worker in the future

Steady efforts building on Singapore’s first steps to evolve the compact around platform work will be needed

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Platform-work flexibility benefits the worker who otherwise struggles to earn an income, and keeps unemployment low.

Platform-work flexibility benefits the worker who otherwise struggles to earn an income, and keeps unemployment low.

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Danny Quah

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Sarah, a single mum supporting elderly parents, found a new lease of life in platform work. 

She embodies a new generation of workers engaged in a revolutionary form of employment – platform work offering flexibility and income without the constraints of a full-time job.  

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