Working life

Forum: Time to have more public holidays, as promised in 1968

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.

Worker gets 3 months’ salary after employment tribunal’s judgments spur her to contest dismissal

Felicia, who was spurred to file a claim for wrongful dismissal.

Let Sunday be a day of rest again

Taking care of plants in his garden on Sundays keeps the writer busy while taking his mind off work.

Insead gets $3.8 million Google backing for new lab to study AI’s impact on work and life

Winnie Jiang (far right), an associate professor of organisational behaviour at Insead’s Singapore campus, will serve as the lab’s academic director.

Which are Singapore’s best workplaces in 2026?

Memory chipmaker Micron Technology retained its crown as Singapore’s best workplace among companies with 1,000 or more staff, in an annual ranking by consulting firm Great Place To Work.

3 in 4 pilots report dozing off or fighting sleep while flying planes

Some 76.8% of pilots in a European survey reported at least one cockpit “microsleep” in the previous four weeks.

AI agents need middle managers too

An AI agent can price a contract but managers who can direct their work and shoulder the consequences of their actions will remain central to their companies, says the writer.

Gain work experience only after graduation? It may be too late

The paradox of the AI era is this: if AI absorbs all the entry-level tasks, how do young professionals acquire the deep domain expertise needed to become the leaders of tomorrow?

Why 1 in 8 young people in UK is not studying or working

These youth, aged 16 to 24, are known as the bedroom generation, for staying at home and living off parents.

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