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Topic: Gig workers

What app-based firms have to say about Siddaramaiah govt’s plan to set up gig workers’ welfare board

The promise was made by Rahul Gandhi during his Bharat Jodo Yatra. Karnataka govt likely to promulgate an ordinance to implement this at the earliest, it is learnt.

NHRC discusses rights of gig workers in India

The Open House highlighted challenges to workers and their potential solutions.

India’s first women gig workers’ union calls for digital silence on Diwali. ‘Want voice to reach govt’

Through strike, union is demanding recognition of gig workers as employees of platform companies, dignified working conditions & implementation of minimum wages, among others.

After PM-SVANidhi for street vendors, Modi govt plans scheme to uplift gig workers, domestic workers

Under scheme aimed at alleviating urban poverty, the plan is to identify different vulnerable groups and chart out focused interventions based on occupations, say MoHUA officials.

Karnataka gig workers bill shows bad design. Market-based social insurance model more practical

Gig workers often juggle multiple apps & shift between part-time and full-time work. None of the states considering gig worker laws fully account for this fluidity.

Karnataka’s draft bill for gig workers: income security, occupational safety, grievance redressal

Karnataka will be 2nd state after Rajasthan to have legislation for welfare of gig workers. Experts & activists welcome key provisions, including fair terms of contract, mentioned in draft.

Caste disparity, fear of violence & no family time — survey puts numbers to gig workers’ troubles

'Prisoners on Wheels?' report surveyed over 10,000 cab drivers & delivery persons on apps across 8 cities. Mental and physical health issues, dissatisfaction with fares also among findings.

85% of platform-based gig workers put in 8 hrs daily but don’t get basic social security — NGO survey

Non-profit's survey of 5,000-plus gig workers engaged with 20-plus platforms finds that these are full-time jobs. Report points to issues of health, income security & lack of regulation.

Gig dream is fading for Uber, Ola drivers. They are forming picket lines & support groups

The gig sector is booming, but policy inaction, declining incentives from app-based companies, and skyrocketing fuel prices have trapped gig workers in a spiral of diminishing returns.

Govt can’t make gig workers’ welfare all about social security. Choice, flexibility are key

Social security design for platform-based gig workers must be benchmarked against schemes available for the organised and unorganised sectors.

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