What are the challenges faced by gig workers in securing minimum wage protections? Examine the need for extending social security benefits to platform-based workers.
Kartavya Desk Staff
Topic: Changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth.
Topic: Changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth.
Q6. What are the challenges faced by gig workers in securing minimum wage protections? Examine the need for extending social security benefits to platform-based workers. (10 M)
Difficulty Level: Easy
Reference: TH
Why the question: A roundtable held in Delhi on digital platform-based work in the country has recommended minimum wages, social security, and legal protections for gig and platform workers. Key demand of the question: The question demands identification of challenges preventing gig workers from accessing minimum wage protections and an analysis of why extending social security coverage to them is essential. Structure of the Answer: Introduction Briefly define gig workers and mention their exclusion from formal labour protections despite their rising role in the digital economy. Body Challenges in ensuring minimum wage protections like employment ambiguity, algorithmic control, and lack of enforcement. Need for social security inclusion such as risk mitigation, constitutional obligations, and global best practices. Conclusion Suggest the need for a statutory framework and tripartite mechanisms to ensure equitable rights in the digital economy.
Why the question: A roundtable held in Delhi on digital platform-based work in the country has recommended minimum wages, social security, and legal protections for gig and platform workers.
Key demand of the question: The question demands identification of challenges preventing gig workers from accessing minimum wage protections and an analysis of why extending social security coverage to them is essential.
Structure of the Answer:
Introduction Briefly define gig workers and mention their exclusion from formal labour protections despite their rising role in the digital economy.
• Challenges in ensuring minimum wage protections like employment ambiguity, algorithmic control, and lack of enforcement.
• Need for social security inclusion such as risk mitigation, constitutional obligations, and global best practices.
Conclusion Suggest the need for a statutory framework and tripartite mechanisms to ensure equitable rights in the digital economy.