Gig Workers Bill: reading between the lines thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
E-commerce companies are expected to hire a lot of gig workers in preparation for the busy festive season. Awign Co-Founder & CEO Annanya Sarthak predicts that over 60,000 gig workers will be engaged across several sectors for the rest of the year. However, processing such a significant number of applications and documents quickly presents a challenge.
The rise of the gig economy during the pandemic has created a new politically significant vote bank in India. Gig workers, often young and uninsured, have become a cohesive voting bloc, with grievances that political parties are now starting to address. Measures to protect the welfare of gig workers have already been taken in Rajasthan and Karnataka, with the Congress party and Narendra Modi s government pledging social security and insurance benefits.
The workers often complain that even after an increase in fuel prices, they are not offered higher commissions. They also noted how the companies deny them orders if they fail to meet the daily targets and how other benefits, including the weekly and monthly incentives have been slashed by the companies
Rajasthan s gig law a step in the right direction, but more needed to protect platform workers thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.