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Article

26 Aug 2024

Author:
Shreehari Paliath, The Wire (India)

India: Robust gig work legislation crucial for protecting rights of women workers

"Why A Robust Gig Work Legislation Will Help Women Workers", 26th August, 2024

...The lack of robust legislation on new forms of labour and employment like gig and platform work, which needs to go beyond issues of social security, have an impact on gig workers–particularly women who have to struggle to remain in the labour force and earn a living wage...

“If employer relation is defined all existing laws become applicable. In addition to the welfare board, states can have dispute resolution, if possible through the Industrial Disputes Act which will solve a lot of issues,” said Kingshuk Sarkar, a labour economist and faculty at the Goa Institute of Management

...Women in gig work are earning more and are able to choose their working hours while working with online platforms,... But this comes with limited social benefits and less bargaining power as age-old issues of occupational segregation and gender pay gaps follow women into the new platform-based gig economy...

...Rajasthan became the first state in India to pass a gig workers welfare bill...Other states like Karnataka, Telangana and Jharkhand have also followed up with state specific draft bills and policy...

...Legislation will help in establishing conditions for women, said experts, including Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace, maternity benefits, creche...

[Also refers to Urban Company; see here for previous outreach and coverage of the protests by Urban Company workers.]

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