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The Empty Promise of Social Security to Gig Workers -

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published Published on Feb 6, 2022   modified Modified on Feb 7, 2022

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In light of the recent PIL filed before the Supreme Court demanding social security for gig/platform workers, it is critical to pay attention to how the recent labor codes, which are paraded as being progressive, are a mere lip service to social security, including for gig/platform workers, writes Namrata.

In September last year, the Indian Federation of App Based Transport Workers [IFAT], a workers’ organisation consisting largely of gig transport workers, filed a public interest litigation at the Supreme Court of India, demanding social security benefits for gig workers engaged in transport and delivery services. The petition, which the court agreed to hear, raises the critical issue of the status of social security, and whether it is a fundamental right of workers, including of gig workers. This is particularly critical as the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a boost in gig jobs, which while allowing for flexibility of work, also contributes to precarity and entrenchment of informalisation.

A study by IFAT in partnership with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) titled ‘Protecting Workers in the Digital Platform Economy’ demonstrated that a large section of gig workers had no form of social security. In fact, only 0.15% of the workers surveyed had access to the bare minimum in the form of “accidental insurance”. Similarly, the Fairwork India Ratings for the year 2020, ranked the popular food delivery apps Zomato and Swiggy, at the very bottom of their list. Essentially, gig workers, often deemed to be the future of work, are largely treated as independent contractors. In our neoliberal times, this is the norm across all sectors, enabling employers to wash their hands off extending any form of social security or protections to workers, thereby maximising profits at the cost of dignity of the most vulnerable members of the working class.

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