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• June 6, 2024
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Organising Gig and Platform Workers – A Challenge

Organising Gig and Platform Workers – A Challenge Resolutions Adopted by INTUC Working Committee Meeting Arbitration Organising Gig and Platform Workers – A Challenge  The pandemic opened the door for gig workers across the globe and centre stage in India, changing the employment landscape in our country. The gig economy in India has grown significantly, boasting close to 15 million gig workers engaged in various roles such as delivery, cleaning, consulting, and blogging. Enabled by digital platforms, these jobs offer flexibility, allowing workers to engage with multiple contractors simultaneously and this number is expected to rise to 25 million by 2030, with a compound annual growth rate of almost 12%. In general, gig workers are those engaged in hourly or part-time jobs in everything from catering events to software development. Whereas a platform worker implies to a worker working for an organisation that provides specific services using an online platform directly to individuals or organisations. There is a lack of formal statistics and thereby no reliable data are available on the number of gig jobs created so far in India. Gig economy has evolved in a major way in…