Karnataka may either enact a new legislation or notify a set of new regulations which app-based services such as Uber, Ola, Swiggy and Zomato will have to follow in respect of their workers.
The labour department has prepared a set of draft rules which is being vetted by National Law School of India University (NLSIU) professors Babu Mathew and V Nagaraj. The department will take their inputs before taking a call on how to go about the exercise.
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In a meeting on Thursday, labour minister S Suresh Kumar asked his department officials to strike a balance between protecting the interest of workers engaged by online platforms and not create hurdles for the growth of app-based firms as they are known to multiply in the years to come with the promise of adding new jobs.
Source: Economic Times
