A historic international agreement has been adopted at the UN's International Labour Organization. This landmark convention aims to extend ...

India's economic future lies with manufacturing exporters, not consumer companies. Saurabh Mukherjea predicts this shift will drive earning...

A video of a food delivery worker in China breaking down mid-shift has gone viral, drawing attention to the harsh conditions faced by gig e...

Ding Yuanzhao, an Oxford graduate, now works as a food delivery rider in Singapore. He struggled to find a job after his postdoctoral resea...

China's economy faces deflationary pressures, impacting workers' financial security as low prices cut into business profits and wages. A tr...

That boost is generating concern, though, among worker rights advocates about the lack of strong job protections in the gig economy, where ...

Tech aggregators from mobility to food delivery are growing at a scorching pace, thanks to gig workers who may be their feet on the street,...

Emerging markets are growing old before growing rich. EMs are where ageing is happening fastest. By 2050, EMs will be home to almost 80% of...

The transport ministry, internet watchdog and other regulators on Wednesday ordered 11 such platforms by year's end to stop unfair competit...

At the BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers’ Declaration, the five nations resolved to recover with stronger national economies, inclusive...

“Low-wage occupations may decline by 2030 for the first time... and the STEM professions continue to expand,” McKinsey report said. As for ...

Given the state of domestic and world economy, there is perhaps no area which does not need a shot in the arm at the moment.

The GoM, which was headed by social justice minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot, has essentially called for a “clarification and modification of ...

A job crisis is looming globally, fueled by automation, ageing populations and socio economic factors, but India’s problem is unique. The c...

The gig economy is temporary positions and organisations contract with independent workers for short-term engagements.

A decade after the Uber app first went online and rammed its way into nearly every major city on earth, economists still have no idea what ...

Close on the heels of Benchmark Asset Management’s launch of an exchange-traded fund, HSBC Mutual Fund has sought SEBI’s nod to introduce t...