Millions Of Gig Workers Set To Get Health Cover, Other Sops With Labour Law Tweak

The inclusion of “gig workers” in new labour laws, offering millions of informal workers like Uber drivers and Swiggy riders benefits like health insurance and other schemes, is set to be okayed by Parliament’s standing committee on labour which concluded its discussions on Thursday.

In its brief to the committee, headed by BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab, the government said that new definitions have been included to cater to emerging forms of employment like aggregator, gig worker and platform worker.

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“For these workers, schemes can be formulated by the central government with regard to disability cover, health and maternity benefits,” it said. The code on social security, one of four codes that are intended to refashion 43 labour laws, seeks to extend coverage of employees state insurance corporation act across India and to all establishments employing 10 or more employees.

Source: Economic Times

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