Title: Gig worker rights stuck in draft mode
Published on: August 25, 2025
Published in: Deccan Herald
“The Karnataka government’s Draft Platform-Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Rules, 2025, intended to clarify and operationalise its parent law — the groundbreaking Karnataka Platform-Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Ordinance, 2025 — has recently been released for public comment. Far from providing clarity and delivering on the promise of rights and protections for gig workers, these draft rules leave critical questions unanswered and risk reducing the landmark legislation to a post-dated cheque — a deferred promise with little present value.”
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