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Why is India facing a shortage of gig workers?

The fledgling online delivery platforms are suddenly facing a shortage of delivery partners. Why are gig workers in such a short supply? How is this affecting food delivery and quick commerce firms?

Swiggy starts accelerator plan for delivery execs to assume managerial jobs

It's an industry-first move that will give such execs fixed pay and additional benefits; others likely to follow suit with similar schemes

Swiggy to roll out vaccine cover for its fleet of 2 lakh delivery partners

The foodtech giant would also cover the loss of pay when the partners take the time off to get vaccinated against coronavirus

Zomato's FY20 revenue grows 105% to $394 mn, loss rises 6% to $293 mn

The Gurugram-based firm had cut 13 per cent jobs in May due to the impact from Covid-19

Covid-19: Reimagining laws to provide adequate protection to gig workers

Some experts for bringing gig workers under the ambit of the contract labour Act; others want a new rulebook

Restaurants turning to tech-aided food delivery to minimise health risks

Food delivery giants such as Swiggy and Zomato are also aggressively coming up with new technologies and innovations to address the huge disruption in their business models

Swiggy follows Zomato, lays off 1,100 as coronavirus dashes business

Swiggy said the core food delivery business has been severely impacted and will stay impacted over the short term, but is expected to start growing again after that

New feature on Zomato lets users monitor temperature of delivery partners

The startup is already doing contactless delivery where customers can opt to allow the delivery partner to leave the package outside their home, ensuring no human-to-human interaction

Coronavirus outbreak: Amazon begins making testing lab for workforce

Amazon acknowledges its ad-hoc effort may not accomplish much during the current pandemic.

Delivery staff are among the worst affected by rising Delhi's air pollution

The delivery staff who drop off packages for online retail giants or food or ferry passengers around the city in their taxis are among the worst affected by the capital's foul air

Zomato, Swiggy face the ire of partners. Time to rethink value proposition?

Is it time for the aggregator brands to rethink their promise to their partners-be it restaurants, airlines and hotels and drivers?

Exploitation, visa breach: The limited choices of the food delivery worker

Gig workers are characterised as contractors rather than employees and are paid per delivery