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India’s gig workers may be conferred employee tag in major government policy shift: Report

The absence of such a tag has made it hard for gig workers in India to access and lobby for benefits reserved for employees.

The government is considering widening the ambit of 'employment' to include gig and platform work, ET reported on October 19. Anganwadi workers might also be recategorised as employees in a set of new reforms under a new 'National Employment Policy', the report claimed. MediaNama has reached out to the Ministry of Labour and Employment to confirm this development and will update the report once a response is received. Gig workers in India recently filed a petition with the Supreme Court arguing that they are employees, and should accordingly be entitled to social security benefits. Various countries, including the UK, Netherlands, and France have also set the precedent for such reforms by declaring that gig workers are employees. Gig worker unions praise move, want recognition of employee-employer relationship "This is a welcome development, and we are thankful to the ministers for responding to our efforts." Shaik Salauddin, the National General Secretary of the Indian Federation of App Based Transport Workers (IFAT) told MediaNama, adding that "the implementation of such a plan must happen soon, so that we can avail its benefits." A representative from the All India Gig Workers Union also praised the development: The move will help workers without contracts. They are left at the mercy of the organisation who would pay them well in order to lure them but would make up 100 other ways to reduce their earnings as a part of cost cutting measure as per their wish. Without being labelled employees they are also without other…

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