A state law passed in Rajasthan recently holds out promise for gig workers by ensuring a public record of their jobs and having employers of their services contribute to a government-supervised fund for social security.
The gig economy has so far been under the spell of aggregators who have used online applications to a voodoo-like effect. Once they are in, workers have few choices and no real control over the terms on which they can earn. In such a trance-like state they spend long hours on the job jeopardizing their health and risking their lives to. . .