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Gig economy gets pandemic push as online deliveries smash records on NYE

Covid was just the disruptor. Even before it struck, growing tech and digital enhancements had been propelling the growth of e-commerce and online services both within and outside India

Here's how India's gig economy and its $5-trn goal by 2025 are connected

By upgrading or augmenting skills, equipping modern tools for better efficiency, people at gig jobs can earn more, some becoming even micro-entrepreneurs

Gig economy can support 90 million jobs in India, add 1.25% to GDP: Report

The gig economy can serve up to 90 million jobs in the non-farm sectors in India with a potential to add 1.25 per cent to the GDP over the "long term", a report said on Tuesday

Social security benefit to be extended to platform, gig workers, says FM

The government on Monday said social security benefits will be extended to platform and gig workers. Presenting the Union Budget for 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government also proposed setting up of a portal to collect information on gig-workers, building and construction workers, among others. A portal will be set up to collect info on gig & platform workers, building & construction workers, among others to provide them benefits like health, credit (easy financing), food and others, Sitharaman said in her budget speech in Lok Sabha. She noted that for the first time Code on Social Security Code 2020 has made provision for universalisation of social security for the entire workforce including gig and platform workers. The gig and platform workers are those who are engaged by various e-commerce businesses like UBER, OLA, SWIGGY and Zomato. These workers are not paid salaries and hence deprived of social security benefits like provident fund, group ...

Entrepreneurs-by-chance who set up a thriving marketplace for gig workers

Gigindia, started by engineering students Sahil Sharma and Aditya Shirole, provides remote working opportunities to 5,000 people and plans to ramp this to 100,000 by 2025

Gig workers need to register, update info for social security: Draft rules

Gig firms will have to submit contribution towards a fund through self-assessment by June 30 each year

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

Consumer internet firms offer support schemes for their freelance workers

Move aimed at providing their financial and healthcare support during time of pandemic

Uber, delivery firm Postmates sue California over gig-economy labour law

Drivers are divided between those who want the same security as employees and those who want the flexibility of being able to choose the hours they work

Best of BS Opinion: Year of gig workers, US-China trade deal, and more

Gig workers, National Register of Citizens and the conundrum with Muslims, US-China Trade War are some of the issues opinion writers tackle

Year of gig workers

India Inc must have robust on-boarding systems in place

Writing labour laws for growing 'gig workers' prove a laborious process

A draft social security law has employers who rely on flexible hiring worried about rising costs

How ready is India Inc to support gig economy? Here's what a survey says

Flexibility, inclusive culture and technology will become increasingly important as the workforce moves towards the future

Fixing the demand slump: Seven reasons for slowdown, and possible solutions

The govt might look for quick fixes under pressure to revive the economy, but sustainable economic growth will continue to be elusive without structural changes, writes T N Ninan

Indian labour market shifting towards gig economy, says Indeed report

In addition, 2.8 per cent of all job postings on the site from India are for part-time or contractual roles