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Karnataka Assembly passes gig workers social security Bill
The Karnataka legislative assembly on Tuesday passed the Karnataka Platform-Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Act, 2025. The legislation aims to impose obligations on aggregators to provide social security, occupational health, and safety benefits to gig Bill establishes a welfare fund for gig workers and proposes a fee ranging from 1-5% on payouts to workers for each transaction, varying by aggregator category, said labour minister Santosh Lad, while tabling the development comes in the wake of a projection by government think tank Niti Aayog that India will have 23.5 million gig workers by 2029-30. Karnataka currently accounts for four lakh gig workers, both part-time and full-time, according to reports.A board proposed under the Bill will handle dispute resolution, worker registration, welfare fee certification mechanisms, and implementation and monitoring of welfare schemes, among other functions, as per a copy of the Bill seen by board will include the labour minister, additional chief secretary of labour, commercial taxes commissioner (or nominee), four gig worker representatives, four aggregator platform representatives, and other Bill applies to workers on various platforms, including ride-sharing, food delivery, quick commerce, and logistics partners, as well as business-to-business services.A state ordinance that has been in effect since May 30 will now be replaced by the new legislation.
