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The Fairwork India Team evaluated 12 platforms offering location-based services in sectors such as domestic and personal care, logistics, food delivery and transportation in India.
The 12 platforms included in the assessment were Amazon Flex, BigBasket, BluSmart, Dunzo, Flipkart, Ola, Porter, Swiggy, Uber, Urban Company, Zepto, and Zomato.
BigBasket achieved the highest score of six out of 10 across five key principles, namely fair pay, fair conditions, fair contracts, fair management and fair representation for gig workers, , working conditions, gig economy, gig workers
Gig workers in e-commerce firms are yet to find satisfactory channels to voice their concerns as none of the 12 major e-commerce platforms have recognised any collective body of workers, Fairwork India said in its latest report released on Monday. 'It is disconcerting that despite the rise in platform worker collectivisation across the country, over the past four years, there was insufficient evidence from any platform that showed a willingness to recognise a collective body of workers,' the report notes. The project by Fairwork India, in collaboration with Oxford Internet Institute and WZB Be...
Ola, Porter, Uber and cash-strapped quick-grocery delivery provider Dunzo are the worst platforms for gig workers among 12 digital labour platforms evaluated when it comes to minimum standards of fair work in the platform economy in the ...