The Karnataka Platform Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Act, 2025
The Karnataka Platform Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Act, 2025
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This law establishes a framework to protect gig workers in Karnataka by ensuring they receive social security benefits like healthcare and income support. It applies to gig workers, digital platforms, and aggregators that connect workers with customers. The government will create a dedicated welfare board to manage these benefits and a fund to finance them. By formalizing these protections, the Act aims to safeguard workers who often lack traditional employment benefits, providing them with financial stability and access to essential services during old age, sickness, or unemployment.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title, commencement and application
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Establishment of Gig Workers Welfare Board
- 4. Composition of the Board
- 5. Meetings of the Board
- 6. Powers and functions of the Board
- 7. Rights of platform based Gig Worker
- 8. Officers and employees of the Board
- 9. Accounts and audit
- 10. Registration of Gig workers.
- 11. Registration of aggregator or platform.
- 12. Obligation to enter into fair contracts.
- 13. Transparency in respect of Automated Monitoring and Decision Making Systems.
- 14. Termination of work.
- 15. Income security.
- 16. Reasonable working conditions.
- 17. Disclosure obligations.
- 18. Nomination of Point of Contact for Enquiries.
- 19. Fund for Gig Workers.
- 20. Gig Worker’s Welfare Fee
- 21. Payment and Welfare Fee Verification System
- 22. Redressal of grievances
- 23. Interest and Penalties
- 24. Submission of Quarterly Returns
- 25. Annual Report
- 26. Act to be in addition to any other law
- 27. Protection of action taken in good faith
- 28. Power to make rules
- 29. Power to make regulations
- 30. Power to remove difficulties
- 31. Power to amend the Schedule
- 32. Repeal and Savings
- Schedule. Schedule
PDF: pending for this language.