Social Security Protection for Online Platform Cab Drivers in India

Abstract

Online platforms are transforming works globally at an unusual scale and pace. This new form of employment is integrating in all forms of occupations and employment, as the digital platform work and raising the value of digital economy in all countries globally. With the equal amount of work creation and opportunity this digital works are having issues related to employment and labour protections. Thus, it requires the current social security and employment laws to reform and adapt to the specific situations and needs of such platform workers. Since these platform workers are working outside the traditional employer employee relationship, the current social security laws failed to cover this new kind of employment relationship due to the standardisation in application of employment laws to only the employee and worker category. The need to extend employment rights and social protection coverage to all kinds of workers irrespective of their employment category is now the pressing principal of the ILO (International Labour Organisation). The study is based on a survey conducted with the help of a questionnaire. It is found that platform workers in India are deriving their major income form the digital platforms. And most of the workers in the digital platforms in India are working for long hours to earn their income due to unfair payment and exploitive terms and conditions of the platform companies.