Govt constitutes working group to determine quantum of welfare fee for gig workers

Bengaluru: The state government has constituted a working group comprising trade union leaders, legal experts, representatives of leading e-Commerce companies, and officials from the Department of Labour to estimate the quantum of the fee to be levied towards securing the welfare of gig workers.

The Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Ordinance proposes levying a 1-5% charge per transaction as welfare fee for the workers. However, the ordinance does not specify the exact quantum of the welfare fee to be charged for the various kinds of private players operating in this domain such as Swiggy, Zomato, Ola, et al.