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Nearly 80% of gig workers meet Indian job market requirements: Report

Around 76% of employers identified technical skills as the most essential for gig workers

Gig workers Bill may hurt ease of doing biz: Startups to Karnataka govt

The startup and tech company group said that very wide powers of inspection have been granted to the state government, which are excessively broad and vague

Tier-I cities dominate in blue-collar gig job opportunities: Report

With a rise in gig economy, tier-one cities led in short-term blue-collar employment opportunities, accounting for 67.1 per cent openings from June 2023 to June 2024, a report said on Saturday. These tier-I cities, which have a large concentration of gig working opportunities, saw 63.11 per cent job applications originating from these urban hubs, a report by tech-enabled blue-collar workforce recruitment platform WorkIndia said. Tier-II cities saw 26 per cent of such job openings and accounted for 25 per cent of applications, indicating balanced growth potential, the report said. However, tier-III cities exhibited a lower proportion of job openings (6.7 per cent) compared to 11 per cent applications, hinting at heightened competition amidst an oversupply of gig workers, the report stated. The WorkIndia report, an annual index representing the state of blue collar workers in the Indian job market and hiring activity, is based on job listings on its platform during June 2023 to June

Country needs national social security architecture for gig workers: Cong

Citing legislations by its state governments to ensure justice for gig workers, the Congress on Thursday said India needs a national legal and social security architecture for such workers and hoped that the forthcoming Union Budget will take a step in that direction. Congress general secretary, in-charge communications, Jairam Ramesh said the Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2024 is a landmark rights-based legislation that brings formal rights and social security to platform-based gig workers in the state. The Karnataka Government last month released a draft of the proposed Karnataka Platform Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2024 aimed to protect their rights in the state with creation of a board, welfare fund and grievance cell among other mechanisms. Ramesh listed some of the features of the bill such as establishing the gig worker's social security and welfare fund and gig workers welfare board to advocate for gig ...

Worker groups demand social security fund for unorganised workers in Budget

The matter was also discussed with the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday as central trade unions made representations as part of the pre-Budget consultation

Zomato creates Guinness World Record for largest first aid lesson

The event was held at Nesco, Goregaon in Mumbai, and attended by more than 4,300 delivery agents, making it the world's largest on-ground first aid training programme ever conducted

Decline of 9-5 grind: Rise in number of women employees opting gig for work

The number of female consultants in India registering for freelance positions has surged by over 300 per cent in FY24 over FY22

California court considers law treating Uber, Lyft drivers as contractors

Uber, Lyft and other app-based services spent more than $200 million on a campaign to pass Prop 22 and have said that without it, the increased costs could force them to stop doing business

Zomato Q4 result: PAT Rs 175cr; fourth consecutive quarter of profit

Quick commerce GOV growth outpaces food delivery business

Govt to provide benefits to workers using e-Shram database: BJP manifesto

Drivers of taxis, trucks, and other vehicles will be registered on the portal. Gig workers will also be registered via gig platforms

White-collar gig jobs see a 184% uptick in hiring, says Foundit report

The share of IT software in the gig economy has nearly doubled, jumping from 22 per cent in March 2023 to a dominant 46 per cent in March 2024

India's rapidly expanding gig economy: Do we really understand it?

NITI Aayog report defined gig workers as those engaged in livelihoods outside the traditional employer-employee arrangement and classified them into platform and non-platform-based workers

What are the speed-breakers faced by Indian gig-workers on the fast lane?

The Congress party has recently promised to bring in a new law for the gig and platform economy. Take a look at the lives of gig workers as they navigate through an unregulated sector

Govt should create centralised authority for gig workers, says report

The report consulted with 10 platforms having nearly 4.5 million workers and a total revenue of Rs 56,400 crore along with two workforce providing platforms

Unstable platforms

Gig work urgently needs a legal framework

80% people feel gig workers will overshadow traditional workforce: Report

With a steady growth in demand for freelancing jobs in the country, a report on Wednesday said that 83 per cent of respondents believe that going forward, the gig workforce will overshadow the traditional workforce. The report by staffing solutions and HR services provider Genius Consultants is based on an online survey among 1,310 employees across sectors such as banking and finance, education, FMCG, hospitality, HR solutions, IT, ITES, and manufacturing. An overwhelming 83 per cent of respondents believe that the gig workforce will eventually overshadow the traditional workforce, indicating a paradigm shift in the employment landscape, the report said. The report further said that 79 per cent of those interviewed view the gig workforce structure as more cost-effective and economical compared to traditional, permanent, and contractual talent, revealing potential benefits for businesses adopting gig models. Meanwhile, the report found that 64 per cent of employees anticipate an ...

Longer working hours & low earnings: How India's gig workforce fares

The report captures trends of earnings and working conditions among the workers in the app-based gig and platform economy

Over 40% cab drivers, delivery persons face violence at work: Survey

Nearly 47 per cent cab drivers and 41.5 per cent delivery persons face some form of violence at work with a majority of the latter demanding to discontinue the 10 minutes delivery policy, a survey report has revealed. Several companies offer discount and provide the order for free if the delivery is not made within 10 minutes of placing the order. In an incident in October last year, a pizza delivery man in Pune, Maharashtra, was assaulted and threatened by firing in the air by an angry customer due to late arrival of the pizza at his doorstep. According to the survey by a Delhi-based NGO, PAIGAM, 41.5 per cent of the respondents reported that they have faced violence at work. The survey studied responses from a sample size of 10,000 gig and app-based drivers, and delivery workers between April 2022 to 2023 across eight states, including Delhi, Lucknow, Jaipur, Indore, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bangalore. The survey highlights the challenges faced by app-based drivers and gig

Two of every five industrial employees now contract workers: ASI data

Contract workers are employed by an industrial establishment through contractual agreements for a specified period or task

ESIC considers to extend medical benefits to unorganised, gig workers

Employees' State Insurance Corporation has already initiated several discussions with various stakeholders