{"id":983371,"date":"2026-01-05T08:24:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T02:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=983371"},"modified":"2026-01-05T08:33:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T03:03:57","slug":"not-decent-work-gig-union-slams-zomato-ceo-over-pay-and-benefits-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/01\/05\/not-decent-work-gig-union-slams-zomato-ceo-over-pay-and-benefits-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Not decent work\u2019: Gig union slams Zomato CEO over pay and benefits claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHENNAI: A fresh row has erupted in India\u2019s gig economy after a workers\u2019 union strongly criticised Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal\u2019s recent claims on delivery partners\u2019 earnings and working conditions, arguing that the platform\u2019s portrayal of \u201cdecent work\u201d does not reflect realities on the ground. <\/p>\n<p>As reports suggested, the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Association said Zomato delivery partners continue to operate without basic employment protections, including paid leave and social security, and accused the company of overstating both incomes and welfare support. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHENNAI: A fresh row has erupted in India\u2019s gig economy after a workers\u2019 union strongly criticised Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal\u2019s recent claims on delivery partners\u2019 earnings and working conditions, arguing that the platform\u2019s portrayal of \u201cdecent work\u201d does not reflect realities on the ground. As reports suggested, the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Association said Zomato delivery partners continue to operate without basic employment protections, including paid leave and social security, and accused the company of overstating both incomes and welfare support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-983371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-new-indian-express","category-newspapers","category-the-new-indian-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=983371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=983371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=983371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=983371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}