Karnataka and Rajasthan legislations on gig work: Failure to address basic employment relations
By: Sarkar, Kingshuk
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BookPublisher: Economic & Political Weekly Description: 59(42), Oct, 19, 2024: p.13-16.
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Economic & Political WeeklySummary: Gig workers lack protection under the existing labour laws as employment relation in gig work is contentious. Gig companies consider themselves as aggregators and term gig workers as independent contractors/workers. In Britain, the Supreme Court ruled that Uber is an employer and existing labour laws do apply to Uber drivers. Two states in India, namely Rajasthan and Karnataka, in recent times introduced welfare legislation for platform-based gig workers. They adopted the welfare board model but failed to discern employment relation in the gig economy. Gig workers lack protection under the existing labour laws as employment relation in gig work is contentious. Gig companies consider themselves as aggregators and term gig workers as independent contractors/workers. In Britain, the Supreme Court ruled that Uber is an employer and existing labour laws do apply to Uber drivers. Two states in India, namely Rajasthan and Karnataka, in recent times introduced welfare legislation for platform-based gig workers. They adopted the welfare board model but failed to discern employment relation in the gig economy. – Reproduced
https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/42/commentary/karnataka-and-rajasthan-legislations-gig-work.html
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Gig workers lack protection under the existing labour laws as employment relation in gig work is contentious. Gig companies consider themselves as aggregators and term gig workers as independent contractors/workers. In Britain, the Supreme Court ruled that Uber is an employer and existing labour laws do apply to Uber drivers. Two states in India, namely Rajasthan and Karnataka, in recent times introduced welfare legislation for platform-based gig workers. They adopted the welfare board model but failed to discern employment relation in the gig economy. Gig workers lack protection under the existing labour laws as employment relation in gig work is contentious. Gig companies consider themselves as aggregators and term gig workers as independent contractors/workers. In Britain, the Supreme Court ruled that Uber is an employer and existing labour laws do apply to Uber drivers. Two states in India, namely Rajasthan and Karnataka, in recent times introduced welfare legislation for platform-based gig workers. They adopted the welfare board model but failed to discern employment relation in the gig economy. – Reproduced
https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/42/commentary/karnataka-and-rajasthan-legislations-gig-work.html
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