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Time of India
01-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Karnataka forms working groups to fix gig worker welfare levy, tech integration
Academy Empower your mind, elevate your skills The state government has come up with draft rules governing the welfare of gig and platform workers and formed two working groups to determine the rates of fees to be levied on platforms, suggest technology integrations, and devise welfare fee will be 1-5% of each payout made to the gig worker, say the rules, while adding that the aggregators must calculate and declare the welfare fee every quarter. The fee will go into the proposed welfare board, which will run programmes for these working group will determine the percentage of the fee that platforms must pay based on certain parameters. The fee will be differential depending on the type of service and will fall between 1% and 5%. The government may fix a higher rate on higher revenue-earning businesses, such as cab-hailing services, sources briefed on the matter said. The Code on Social Security caps the fee at 5% of the amount paid to gig working groups consist of representatives from platforms, tech companies, think tanks, and technocrats, additional labour commissioner G Manjuanth and other stakeholders have a month's time to give their suggestions to the government on the draft rules. The government will study them and notify the final set of rules, incorporating suggestions from working groups. 'The reports of the working groups will have more clarity on the rollout of gig workers' welfare,' Manjunath Thaawarchand Gehlot cleared the Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Ordinance in the last week of May, prompting the government to work on the details of draft rules detail many aspects, including the constitution of the gig workers' welfare minister Santosh Lad plans to roll out the welfare fund by the end of is estimated to have about 2.75 lakh gig workers engaged in a range of services, including ride-hailing, ecommerce, and food delivery. Minister Lad said that about five lakh gig workers are engaged by platforms in the state, and the law will benefit all of came up with the bill last year, after Rajasthan passed a law in July 2023, becoming the first state to introduce a law for platform workers. The state, however, is yet to frame rules. When implemented, Karnataka will be the first southern state to introduce welfare programmes for gig workers. Telangana has borrowed a copy of the state's draft to explore a similar law in the Congress-ruled subject gained pace after Rahul Gandhi discussed it with chief minister Siddaramaiah in Delhi on April 3. The government had soft-pedalled on the idea after sections of ecommerce, ride-hailing, and delivery platforms resisted the move last year.
Time of India
28-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Gig workers' welfare programme: With ordinance out, Karnataka to issue draft rules in two weeks
Karnataka will put out draft rules on charging a fee on online platforms to fund welfare programmes for gig workers in about two weeks, Labour Minister Santosh Lad told ET on Wednesday, a day after Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot cleared the Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Ordinance. The rules will also deal with other aspects, including the constitution of the gig workers' welfare board. The government has notified the Ordinance paving the way for the framing of rules as a prelude to the roll-out of the service fee on platforms to build a welfare fund. The minister credited his Cabinet colleagues, especially industries minister MB Patil and IT/BT minister Priyank Kharge, for the law. There were quite a few inter-departmental issues, which Patil and Kharge helped resolve, he said. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like War Thunder - Register now for free and play against over 75 Million real Players War Thunder Play Now Rahul Gandhi 's vision 'A law for the protection and welfare of gig workers is the result of our leader, Rahul Gandhi. He took the initiative recently, which was successfully taken forward by CM Siddaramaiah and Dy CM DK Shivakumar,' the labour minister said. Live Events 'The Ordinance is an important step forward for us… We can now speed up consultations and framing of rules,' the minister added. The government opted for the Ordinance route after AICC leader Rahul Gandhi cleared the broad contours of the policy last month. Discover the stories of your interest Blockchain 5 Stories Cyber-safety 7 Stories Fintech 9 Stories E-comm 9 Stories ML 8 Stories Edtech 6 Stories The labour department has an ambitious target of operationalising the welfare fund by the end of August, and its officials have engaged app-based service providers in talks to determine the percentage of the fee the platforms must pay. The regulations, once finalised, will prescribe the rates of fees payable by platforms for services, such as ride-hailing, food delivery and online retail. 'We will also start the process of constitution of the welfare board once the rules are out,' the minister said. Bengaluru is estimated to have about 2.75 lakh gig workers engaged in a range of services, including ride-hailing, ecommerce and food delivery. Minister Lad said there are about five lakh gig workers engaged by platforms throughout the state, and the law will benefit all of them.
