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Preferential treatment for the self-employed is a luxury the country can no longer afford.
Starting as a sole trader means less scrutiny and regulatory compliance than a limited company - but also less protection
Being self-employed can bring a whole heap of benefits - but if you’ve been forced into it during the pandemic, it can be scary.
Several groups of people are at high risk of hardship, especially those who have effectively become unemployed because of the lockdown.
Ten years ago, almost a third of self-employed people in the UK contributed to pension schemes. That figure has dropped dramatically.
South Africa needs to rethink the role of the informal economy as it mulls over ideas to beat joblessness.
Most owners of small businesses reconcile competing work and life demands in an ad hoc way.
A new study reveals the challenges faced by people living with disabilities who want to open their own businesses.
Freelancing is hardly the glamorous, coffee-fueled industry shown on TV. In OECD countries, most gig workers are in the service sector.
Too little is known about the changing work patterns at the margins of the labour market.
Businesses are reducing the UK tax take with a new form of self-employment which harks back to mediaeval England.
David Cameron has announced his aspiration for the UK to become a nation of “full employment”, promising that Britain will have the highest employment rate of any major world economy. This is not the first…
Findings by ANU’s Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research indicates improvements to skills and policy changes has…
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