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Why are so many North American and European countries restricting immigrants?
Canada and Australia have implemented new immigration restrictions affecting low-wage workers and i…
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This college town is experimenting with giving low-income entrepreneurs and gig workers $12,672, no strings attached
A guaranteed basic-income program in Ann Arbor is giving small business owners $528 a month, no str…
Allie Kelly
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From ALICEs to HENRYs, here's what people across the tax brackets discuss in therapy
Therapists shared what their clients talk about with Business Insider. While ALICEs struggle with t…
Serafina Kenny
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Wages of Assam tea workers "meagre"; welfare scheme implementation has "several shortcomings": CAG report
The CAG report also found the state government's intervention in fixing wages as per the Minimum Wa…
PTI
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Pope Francis has become a surprising figurehead in the universal basic income movement
Pope Francis has for years called for a universal basic income, which he says will be crucial in th…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Majority blue-collar jobs pay less than Rs 20,000 per month, says new WorkIndia report
In addition, the report revealed that about 29.34% of blue-collar jobs are in the moderate earning …
PTI
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4:30 a.m. wakeups and scary speakers: Inside Apollo's tactics for preparing its workers for an uncertain future
Apollo CEO Marc Rowan this week revealed how the firm is seeking to drive a "play-to-win" culture a…
Alex Nicoll
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Nonprofit workers fill holes in the social safety net, but millions are financially insecure themselves
A new report from United for ALICE found that nearly a quarter of nonprofit employees are living ju…
Juliana Kaplan,Allie Kelly,No…
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A boomer from Texas retired in Panama for the low cost of living and lifestyle. She said it feels like 'Christmas every day.'
Saundra Lohr, 68, retired in Panama after living in Texas. She loves the quality of life and afford…
John Towfighi
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An Australian boomer retired in Thailand on an $18,000 annual pension. He saves almost half his income and can still travel the world.
John Walker, 73, moved to Chiang Mai, Thailand from Australia in 2019. The cost of living is so low…
Allie Kelly
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Blackstone is set to give workers a stake in the companies it buys
The private equity giant will this week announce plans to grant equity to staff at businesses it bu…
George Glover
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OpenAI's Sam Altman has a new idea for a universal basic income
Sam Altman said "universal basic compute," could potentially be more valuable than a traditional un…
Lakshmi Varanasi
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A government shutdown would be a 'gut punch' to Head Start programs that serve 10,000 low income children
Lawmakers have until Saturday at midnight to make a deal and avoid a shutdown, which would immediat…
Associated Press
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Companies are paying workers up to 20% less than they're worth because employers hold the power — and the Biden administration wants to change that
A new report from the Department of Treasury finds that things like employers misclassifying worker…
Juliana Kaplan
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New Mexico experimented with a basic income program that gave $500 a month to immigrant families. They used the money to pay rent and secure jobs.
New Mexico gave households with mixed citizenship status $500 a month for a year. Participants saw …
Allie Kelly
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Workers say employers should pay for their commute if they want them back in the office
More than 80% of workers said they'd be persuaded to go to the office if their employer paid for th…
Lakshmi Varanasi
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New York tech workers make $135,000 on average, but can't afford the vast majority of apartments on the market
Tech workers are flooding into New York City, but they're having a hard time finding places to live…
Eliza Relman,Madison Hoff
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Startup workers are on edge
Startup workers are losing faith in leadership after as their companies go through rounds of layoff…
Dan DeFrancesco
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Gig work is the new Ellis Island for immigrants looking for work. But many drivers feel trapped in the long hours and low pay.
Business Insider spoke to a dozen recent immigrants who rely heavily on driving for Uber and Lyft t…
Noah Sheidlower
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Some people are being given thousands of dollars with no strings attached in universal basic income trials. They mostly spend the cash wisely.
A common question about universal basic income, or UBI, is how people spend the money, but early tr…