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Over 40% cab drivers, delivery persons face violence at work: Survey

Nearly 47 per cent cab drivers and 41.5 per cent delivery persons face some form of violence at work with a majority of the latter demanding to discontinue the 10 minutes delivery policy, a survey report has revealed. Several companies offer discount and provide the order for free if the delivery is not made within 10 minutes of placing the order. In an incident in October last year, a pizza delivery man in Pune, Maharashtra, was assaulted and threatened by firing in the air by an angry customer due to late arrival of the pizza at his doorstep. According to the survey by a Delhi-based NGO, PAIGAM, 41.5 per cent of the respondents reported that they have faced violence at work. The survey studied responses from a sample size of 10,000 gig and app-based drivers, and delivery workers between April 2022 to 2023 across eight states, including Delhi, Lucknow, Jaipur, Indore, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bangalore. The survey highlights the challenges faced by app-based drivers and gig

Two of every five industrial employees now contract workers: ASI data

Contract workers are employed by an industrial establishment through contractual agreements for a specified period or task

ESIC considers to extend medical benefits to unorganised, gig workers

Employees' State Insurance Corporation has already initiated several discussions with various stakeholders

Zomato to support 300,000 restaurants, empower 1 mn gig workers by 2030

The company aims to facilitate 100 per cent of its deliveries through EVs by 2033 and carry out the delivery of 100 million plastic-free food orders by 2025

Aatmanirbhar Bharat successful because India stayed out of RCEP: Mahajan

We are not against foreign trade, and neither are we against agreements. But we need to ensure that whatever agreements we sign with other countries are in the best interests of our country, he said

Job shift: Gigs get big for white-collar workers, investment hurdles remain

The freelance economy has been booming in 2023

Tech Mahindra launches Populii, platform for gig workers and companies

Service will list jobs for gig workers and equip businesses with reliable data from trained and qualified candidates

Gig workers in e-commerce companies yet to get platform to voice concerns

The report also notes the passage of the Rajasthan Platform-based Gig Workers Act, 2023, and hails it as a 'turning point' in providing social security to platform workers

700K gig roles to be created for ongoing festival season this year

The increased job openings are primarily being fuelled by the flagship sale events hosted by e-commerce platforms

Travel and tourism industry's hiring demand up 44% YoY in August: Report

Sales and business development roles have the highest hiring demand in the travel & tourism industry, and demand for gig workers, such as photographers, event planners, etc have increased by 14%

Demand for frontline jobs decreased by 17.5% in FY23, shows data

The drop can largely be attributed to global macroeconomic headwinds

Gung-ho on gig workers: Festival season cheer dispels blue-collar blues

75% more gig jobs to be created this festival season than last year's

Online gig work growing rapidly, but lack job protections: World Bank

Online gig work is growing globally, particularly in the developing world, creating an important source of employment for women and young people in poorer countries where jobs are scarce, according to a World Bank report released on Thursday. The report estimates the number of global online gig workers at as many as 435 million people and says demand for gig work increased 41 per cent between 2016 and the first quarter of 2023. That boost is generating concern, though, among worker rights advocates about the lack of strong job protections in the gig economy, where people work job to job with little security and few employment rights. While location-based gig services such as Uber, Lyft and TaskRabbit require labour like moving and delivery, online gig assignments can be largely done at home. Tasks include image tagging, data entry, website design and software development. For women in the developing world, there aren't enough opportunities and they really struggle to get good quali

Delivery work not permanent career choice, sees half-yearly churn: Experts

Blue-collar jobs in delivery and logistics are still a stopgap for workers with gig staffing companies recording a churn in recruited partners every 4-5 months, according to experts. Blue collar staffing for delivery and logistics, a relatively new job category, is seen by workers as a stopgap arrangement or means of generating supplementary income, say experts adding that many prefer not to take it up as a permanent career choice citing the "stigma" attached to these roles. A Zinnov and Microsoft study in March noted that gig workers will play an instrumental role in India's USD 5 trillion economy, with the current 77 lakh gig workforce set to triple to 2.3 crore by 2030, generating USD 250 billion. Out of the 13.5 lakh enrolments on work-as-a-service platform Awign, 18.1 per cent are in blue-collar roles. AI-driven hiring automation app, Vahan.ai, sees the highest demand for blue-collar workers from Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, and Mumbai with substantial market share from tier

US jobless claims decline by 11,000 in sign of resilient labor market

Initial claims decreased by 11,000 to 239,000 in the week ended Aug. 12, according to Labor Department data out Thursday

Congress manifesto likely to cite state govts' measures for gig workers

Party governments in Karnataka and Rajasthan have introduced social security measures for such workers

Why gig work matters

Its rise can help improve labour force participation

50% of gig workforce interested in full-time employment, says report

A half of the gig workforce surveyed is interested in full-time employment with stability a major concern among them, according to a report. Over 50 per cent of gig workers, also known as temporary workers, who were a part of the survey, said they will eventually pursue full-time employment, according to the report by staffing firm Ciel HR Services, which was released on Friday. The report is based on a survey of 1,200 white-collar gig workers from over 400 organisations across sectors in the country. While gig work has gained popularity as an alternative form of employment, it appeared that a considerable number of them view it as a temporary or transitional phase in their careers, with the intention of eventually securing a permanent, full-time position, the report added. It said 41 per cent men and 40 per cent women respondents shared a strong interest in working on different projects. This suggested that gig workers, regardless of gender, appreciate the opportunity to engage i

700,000 new gig jobs to come up between July and December: TeamLease

The upcoming festive season is expected to push demand on e-commerce platforms which will boost their need for gig workers like delivery and warehousing partners

Rajasthan passes bill for formation of welfare board, fund for gig workers

The Rajasthan Assembly on Monday passed a bill for the formation of a welfare board as well as a fund for platform-based gig workers in the state and to facilitate social security for them. The Platform-Based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Bill, 2023, was passed in the Assembly without a debate amid uproar by the opposition members in the House. Sacked Rajasthan minister Rajendra Gudha on Monday was suspended from the state assembly for "unruly behaviour" after ugly scenes were witnessed in the House when he raised the issue of a red diary, claiming it held details of irregular financial transactions. BJP MLA Madan Dilawar too was suspended for the remainder of the assembly. Opposition BJP MLAs created an uproar and stormed the well of the House over the issue. The bill defines a gig worker as a person who performs work or participates in a work arrangement and earns from such activities outside of the traditional employer-employee relationship and who works on contract tha