Women In India’s Gig Economy: Between Flexibility, Exploitation And The Quest For Labour Justice
- IJLLR Journal
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Md Asfak Hossain, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhari Law College affiliated to University of Calcutta
ABSTRACT
The Rise of Mobile-Based Gig Apps in India, People think that mobile-based gig apps are a thing for women in India because they can help women make more money. The idea is that women can work when they want and it is easy to get started. This study says that is not true. These apps are a way for companies to get out of taking care of their workers. The people who work for these apps have to deal with a lot of problems every day. The companies say they are not responsible because the workers are freelancers.
This paper looks at women who work in salons take care of homes and deliver things. It shows that there are no laws to protect these women. They do not get paid at the minimum wage they do not get help when they are pregnant and they do not have safe places to work. The study also looks at how hard it's to make sure that the law that is supposed to stop people from being treated badly at work is actually working. This law is called the Act and it is hard to enforce when people are working in private homes.
The study uses the constitution to come up with a new way to regulate these apps. It looks at the laws that're already in place including Articles 14, 21 and 23 and it thinks about how the laws might change in the future up to 2026. It also looks at laws in some states like Rajasthan, Karnataka and Telangana. The study says that companies need to be more transparent they need to be held accountable, for what they do and they need to make sure that the women who work for them are safe and can make a living. This is the way to make sure that mobile-based gig apps are really helping women in India.
Keywords: Gig Economy, Worker Misclassification, Algorithmic Control, Labour Justice, POSH Act, Constitutional Jurisprudence, Digital Forced Labour, Article 21, Platform Workers, Social Security, Pink-Collar Segregation.
