Synopsis : Earlier, in August 2024, Labour Minister V Sivankutty had announced the plan to come out with a Kerala State Platform Based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Bill thereby ensuring legal protection, improved working conditions, economic security, enhanced welfare and building support for gig workers in the state.

In a first-of-its-kind step in the state, the Kerala government has initiated the process to fix minimum wages for those employed in the rapidly growing online delivery services sector, which includes gig workers engaged with app-based platforms.

The Labour and Skills Department, through a notification issued under Section 27 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, has expressed its intention to include “Employment in Online Delivery Services” in Part-I of the Schedule t

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