Self-employment

Permanent WFH is AI’s most promising benefit yet

A woman working on her laptop in her home on Oct 9, 2020. Work from home.

From sari-clad sprinting to unpaid farm work: The reality for India’s rural working women

India’s rural female labour force participation rate reached 40% in September, rising almost every month from 24.6% in 2017.

After shop closure, veteran barber finds new home by renting chair in nearby salon

(From left) Hair salon owner Angel Song welcoming barbers Yuzzrie Adahar and Maksum Hashim after the barber shop they were working for had to downsize due to rent hikes.

When I stopped putting family on hold

The risk of waiting for “some day” felt like a trade-off I was no longer willing to make, says the writer.

In Good Company

Jobs aren’t being lost so much as they’re changing: Top HR company CEO Prising

ManpowerGroup chairman and chief executive Jonas Prising says that as companies augment and change their value creation chain with artificial intelligence, workers will need to adapt.

America has become an entrepreneur’s paradise

Since the beginning of 2024 an average of 466,000 Americans have applied to start a business each month, according to data from the Census Bureau.

IRAS nabs 279 high-income earners over sham arrangements to pay less tax

279 high-income earners were caught for sham arrangements to avoid paying more tax.

‘Are they all yours?’ Couple with six kids are asked this wherever the family goes

Amirudin Mohd Zain, 39, and his wife, Aszafirah Abu, 37, and their children on May 21.

For many young South Koreans, one job doesn’t cut it

Ms Lee Ji-won, 34, spends her mornings or weekends writing blogs, for which she earns an additional 1 million won (S$875) .

Offered a fixed-term contract instead of a permanent job – should you take offence?

Employers are increasingly offering fixed-term contracts instead of permanent roles.

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