Aggregator's Responsibility Towards Gig Workers

New Delhi: Aggregators are required to take responsibility for their gig workers, and portability of benefits like social security and health insurance of these informal workers should be ensured, said a senior official on Wednesday.

Need to Ensure Portability of Social Security

Speaking during a session of the 10th Annual Forum of the Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI), Union Labour Secretary Arti Ahuja said, "Aggregators need to take responsibilities of their Gig workers." She further said that the National Steering Committee is there to ensure that aggregators do their responsibilities towards their Gig workers and provide health insurance, accidental insurance and social security for them.

Ahuja further added that portability of social security should be ensured so that Gig workers receive the benefits.

Gig Economy Beneficial for Persons with Disabilities

Ahuja said that the gig platform is beneficial for the persons, who are disabled and it has a huge potential.They can join under the platform, which is providing a lot of benefits to Gig workers including social security, financial security besides other securities to workers such as accidental insurance, health insurances.

She further said that a lot of people who cannot join conventional work can join under the gig platform due to the inclusion policy.

20 Percent of India's Workforce is Organized

She also said that, in India, 20 per cent comes under organized workforce and the rest 80 per cent fall under the unorganized sector. The gig economy is part of the unorganized sector, she added.

The government is taking steps to ensure that gig workers get the benefits they deserve. The National Steering Committee is working to ensure that aggregators take responsibility for their gig workers and provide them with health insurance, accidental insurance and social security. The government is also working to ensure that the benefits of social security are portable so that gig workers can receive them even if they change jobs.