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Article

8 Apr 2021

Author:
Moneycontrol,
Author:
Shreeja Singh

India: Social security benefits to gig workers delayed as labour codes deferred

"As India defers labour codes, social security benefits to gig workers get delayed", 08 April 2021

The deferment of labour codes beyond April 1...has been due to delay by the state governments in finalising the draft rules.

...[T]he postponement in the implementation of the Codes in not essentially a great news for the gig and platform workers.

Of the deferred codes, is the Code on Social Security which for the very first time extended the social security benefits like maternity leave, disability insurance, gratuity, health insurance, old age protection to the workers in the country’s flourishing gig economy space.

The Code proposes for the creation of a social security fund for extending these benefits to the workers in the unorganised sector.

... Twenty nine central labour laws governing occupational safety, minimum wages, and social security have been consolidated into four codes... The draft rules on Code on Social Security were released in November 2020. It integrates nine previous regulations relating to social security.