Karnataka will put out draft rules on charging a fee on online platforms to fund welfare programmes for gig workers in about two weeks, Labour Minister Santosh Lad told ET on Wednesday, a day after Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot cleared the Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Ordinance.
The rules will also deal with other aspects, including the constitution of the gig workers’ welfare board. The government has notified the Ordinance paving the way for the framing of rules as a prelude to the roll-out of the service fee on platforms to build a…
