The Karnataka Cabinet cleared the much-awaited Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2024.
It is now expected to be introduced as an Ordinance.
If passed, this would make Karnataka the second State in the country to introduce the legislation for the welfare of platform-based gig workers after the state of Rajasthan.
Although the Central government, in 2020, passed the Code on Social Security (CoSS) which defined the gig workers for the first time in India, it is yet to be implemented.
In 2023, Rajasthan state has enacted the Rajasthan Platform-Based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Act, 2023.
Telangana is also in the process to enact gig workers Act.