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What we learnt from my son’s unfair e-commerce job contract
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If our kids are resilient, they will have nothing to fear from unfair contracts, unscrupulous employers or anything else that new technologies could throw at them in the future.
ST ILLUSTRATION: MANNY FRANCISCO
SINGAPORE – My elder son R, who is studying in Australia, came back in December 2025 for his three-month summer holidays.
R has always been fascinated by the convenience of e-commerce, especially the technological underpinnings of a retail channel that has changed how people shop.


