Freelancers

MOM, ILO call for global standards for digital platform data to better protect workers’ welfare

(From left) ST correspondent Tay Hong Yi moderating a fireside chat with SNEF CEO Hao Shuo, NTUC assistant secretary-general Yeo Wan Ling, Grab’s group managing director Lim Yew Heng and Persol's regional head of operations and director for the Asia-Pacific region Elvin Tan.

AFP appeals for evacuation of freelance staff from Gaza

Smoke rises during Israeli strikes amid the Israeli military operation in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, July 21, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo

Young brewers turn homes into cafes serving speciality coffee and matcha

Some view these micro set-ups as stepping stones to hosting future pop-ups.

To escape the grind, young people turn to ‘mini-retirements’

Isabel Falls, who quit her design research job in New York and spent a year traveling on a backpackerÕs budget and now works and lives in Mexico City, on Feb. 25, 2025. Some young people are spending their savings on an extended break earlier in their careers rather than waiting until retirement. (Marian Carrasquero/The New York Times)

UK antitrust watchdog fines sports broadcasters $5.2 million over freelance pay

FILE PHOTO: General view of the BBC Television studios at Media City in Salford, Britain, March 13, 2023 REUTERS/Carl Recine/File Photo

CPF changes in 2025: Special Account closure, higher Enhanced Retirement Sum

Other changes include increases in the enhanced retirement sum and CPF contributions for platform workers.

Platform workers to be fully covered in first year of higher CPF payments in boost to support scheme

The scheme, as well as stronger protections for platform workers, will kick in from Jan 1, 2025.

askST Jobs: How to protect yourself as a freelancer

It is advised that freelancers carry out reference checks on those who seek to engage their services.

Forum: Freelance coaches must pool together for better professional liability insurance rates

In ad hoc work, asking for money was the hardest skill to learn

There were about 221,800 residents who did “own account work” as a regular form of employment over the one-year period ending mid-2023.

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