Tag: gig workers

Flipkart creates 2.5 lakh festive-season jobs, 75,000 for first-time entrants

September 15, 2026 admin

Flipkart, India’s home-grown e-commerce major, said on Tuesday it has generated more than 2.5 lakh direct and indirect employment opportunities, including gig jobs, ahead of the festive season. Nearly 75,000 of these are first-time entrants to India’s workforce. The opportunities will be spread across more than 7,000 Ekart facilities, including fulfilment centres, sortation hubs and…

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Zomato, Urban Company gig workers embrace NPS, contributing up to ₹5,000 weekly: HDFC Pension’s CEO

August 2, 2026 admin

HDFC Pension is seeing encouraging early signs from its push into India’s gig economy, with workers increasingly contributing to their National Pension System (NPS) accounts, according to Sriram Iyer, Managing Director and CEO of HDFC Pension. In an interaction, he said that the company’s partnerships with Zomato and Urban Company have fundamentally changed how it…

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Unions condemn platforms’ challenge to Karnataka Gig Workers Welfare Act

July 1, 2026 admin

According to the petitioners, the State law is repugnant to the Centre’s Code on Social Security (COSS), 2020, which already establishes a uniform national framework for gig worker welfare. | Photo Credit: File photo The Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers (IFAT) and Karnataka App-Based Workers Union (KAWU) have strongly condemned the decision of platform companies, including Swiggy, Zepto,…

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The hidden costs of 10-minute deliveries

November 28, 2025 admin

Just about everything comes to your door today — from food and groceries to clothes and appliances. For thousands of workers who bring them over, it is always a race against time. Quick commerce companies promise customers deliveries in about 10 minutes, placing an unrealistic expectation on the delivery personnel who have to navigate Bengaluru’s…

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Incessant rains a reminder for better conditions for gig workers

September 1, 2024 admin

As Hyderabad grapples with incessant rains, gig workers who have been braving the adverse weather conditions shared the challenges they face while delivering food and groceries and transporting passengers to their destinations. “I had to pay ₹650 out of my own pocket to the company for this raincoat,” said Hemant Kumar, a food delivery worker,…

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Rahul Gandhi Takes An Uber To Share Plight Of Gig Workers

August 19, 2024 admin

Rahul Gandhi booked a cab and chatting with the driver about his daily struggles. New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday highlighted the plight of gig workers and asserted that the Congress governments in states would make concrete policies to solve their problems while the INDIA bloc would strive…

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India needs national legal, social security architecture for gig workers: Congress

July 11, 2024 admin

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh listed some of the features of the Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill such as establishing the gig workers’ social security and welfare fund and gig workers welfare board to advocate for gig workers. File | Photo Credit: PTI Citing legislations by its State Governments to ensure justice…

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Gig workers suffer from lack of social security, regulations: study

March 10, 2024 admin

Due to the demanding work hours, the study found that drivers are physically exhausted, and exposed to an increased risk of road traffic accidents. File. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Almost a third of app-based cab drivers work for over 14 hours a day, while more than 83% work more than 10 hours and 60%…

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Food delivery partners’ double whammy: Decreasing income levels, rising petrol costs | Data

September 17, 2023 admin

Making deliveries on time. Illustration of a food delivery worker riding a vehicle to drop a delivery | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A survey report on food delivery partners by the National Council of Applied Economic Research validates several common beliefs, such as workers being young graduates who work extended hours for better pay and…

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