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Lad said that people in the concert economy are going between 15 and 20 years of their lives working 10 to 12 hours a day, breathing large amounts of carbon dioxide. With about 2.3 LAKH of concert workers in Karnataka, the state government says that the bill is about giving them …Read more
The Karnataka government has decided to promulgate an ordinance to put into force the bill without waiting for the session of the Legislature. Representative image
Karnataka is ready to implement legislation to provide a social security scheme for its concert workers. On April 11, the state cabinet cleared the draft law of concert workers (Social Security and Welfare) based on the Karnataka platform, 2024, which makes it the first state to implement it in the country and the second after Rajasthan to approve that legislation.
The Karnataka government has decided to promulgate an ordinance to put into force the bill without waiting for the session of the Legislature. Rajasthan, who was under a Congress government, formulated and approved a similar bill in July 2023, but the party lost power in December of the same year. The subsequent BJP government did not implement the bill, racing the way for Karnataka to become the first to move this as an ordinance and turn it into an implementable law.
The bill requires a well -being rate or 1–2% in each payment made by platforms to concert workers, creating a dedicated fund for their benefit. A Welfare Board of Gig Karnataka workers will be established to collect and manage thesis funds, which will be used to survey the benefits of social security, including accident and death compensation, maternity support, educational help for children, homes and old eggs. Foundation, and in development, and development, and development, and development, and development, and development, and development.
“This legislation is important since it ensures the life of a concert worker. It is the sacrifice of a concert worker in whose multinational back colleagues are earning money. We are providing security coverage for these men and women or Datkour steel so gig dads Lady Gigdos.
He added that people in the concert economy go between 15 and 20 years of their lives working 10 to 12 hours a day, breathing large quantities or carbon dioxide. Application companies have just developed the application; The rest of the responsibility falls to concert workers. “We are creating a security network for them,” Lad said.
The food delivery, the shared trip and the electronic commerce platforms such as Swiggy, Zomato, Ola, Uber, Amazon and Flipkart will have to contribute to this fund based on each transaction made to their delivery and trip partners.
With about 2.3 LAKH of concert workers in Karnataka, the state government says that the bill is about giving them a basic security network to alter their flexible work status.
But the way to this legislation has been far from being soft.
The bill had previously presented in the backup burner for a time to address the concerns raised by the departments, positionally, BT and trade and industry. It was after Prime Minister Siddaramaiah discussed it with the leader of the Rahul Gandhi Congress in Delhi and obtained a political approval.
To address the objections raised by the IT-BT and Commerce departments, the Labor Department made a series of key changes in the bill before obtaining the cabinet authorization.
One of the main concerns was that the bill blurred the line between concert workers and full -time employees, particularly with references to the industrial dispute law.
The Labor Department responded by eliminating that clause completely and clarifying that the bill would not enforce traditional labor laws such as minimum wages or permanent orders. On the other hand, it would treat concert workers as a unique category with a limited relationship of the employer-worker, only to provide them with basic protections. The authorities indicated a recent ruling of the Superior Court of Karnataka that recognizes that the level of control platforms has over concert workers.
Another point that was raised was the criminal responsibility clause in the previous draft, which proposed a criminal action against the directors of the company for breach.
The Commerce Department said this could severely affect investors. The Labor Department withdrew the provision, replacing it with a system where crimes can be aggravated and prosecution would require the sanction of the government. The Labor Department clarified that the bill is not expected to appoint inspectors, eliminating Conerns about harassment or overreach.
The IT department had also opposed the original transaction management and information system (CTMS), calling it excessive and intrusive. This system has now been reworked and renamed the well -being rates verification system. Instead of manual data shipments, it will depend on a safe integration based on API and will only use data that platforms already collect as part of their operations.
The appearance of the transparency of the algorithm also saw a commitment. The platforms argued that revealing the logic of the algorithm would be equivalent to revealing commercial secrets and could equip Sebi Violet. Workers and unions, on the other hand, wanted clarity about how payment, sanctions and work tasks are decided. The final bill retains only two basic clauses on the transparency of the algorithm: Enterogh to give workers some idea without revealing patented data.
Platform companies also increased Conerns on the contract rules, including a 14 -day notification period and restrictions on orders. The final law project facilitates the thesis provisions, which makes the model contracts only advised. Notification periods are now optional in emergencies, giving the platforms more flexibility.
An important concern for the platforms was the well -being rate, which feared that it could become an open financial burden. The Labor Department has now covered the rate clearly at 1–2% of the payment made to each concert worker and not in the billing of the company. This puts Karnataka in line with Rajasthan, who acted a similar law in 2023.
How different is this from Rajasthan’s invoice?
Lad responds by saying that Karnataka has adopted a more complete bill in which all interested parties have ghosts. “Twenty meetings about a year have a leg hero to obtain the correct perspective; we also have heroes consultations with the International Labor Organization (LLO). This bill will advance a lot and benefit both sides of the business,” Lad said.
“A unit per unit transaction will be collected as a social assistance rate, which has 1–2% of the payment to the concert worker, as in the Law of Workers of Workers (Registration and Welfare) based on the Rajasthan platform, 2023,” said the bill.
In addition, it can be seen that the Code on Social Security, 2020, has not defined “billing.” Section 114 (4) or the Social Security Code, 2020, mentions that the contribution to pay the aggregators has 1–2% of the annual turnover.
In this bill, the “welfare” rate “can be collected under Annex 7, List III (the list of competitors) of the Constitution of India. Entry No. 23 mentions Social Security and Social Security, while entry No. 24 refers to the welfare of work, including working conditions, forecasting funds, employer’s responsibility, work compensation, displacement and old -age pensions and maternity benefits.
It is the constitutional mandate and power of the state government to highlight the current bill on Social Security for concert workers.
To avoid the risk of double contributions under state and central frameworks, the final bill includes a sunset clause.
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Like the Commerce Department, it warned that the bill could affect the image of Karnataka as a friendly state for startups, the Labor Department maintained that it achieves a careful balance between the ease of businesses and workers’ rights. Officials insist that the bill does not impose compliance to burn and not interfere with platform operations.
While industry agencies such as Nasscom and IMAI claimed the long -term implications of Aboul, workers and concert unions have welcomed it as a very necessary movement to formalize a sector that has remained largely not regulated.
Lad responded to Nasscom saying that it should not affect the industry.
“There is no investment in the vehicle, whether a two -wheeled vehicle, three -wheel or four -wheeled vehicles. They are not paid at all salary, since concert workers are on a contract base. Imagine that the person is a commitment in an environment of two or heeheler.
Lad continued to say that it is not an attempt to set aside the industry, but while industries grow and prosper, it is important to accept the commitments and sacrifices made by those who work to give them a safer environment.
“That this is seen as an elevation of the concert workers and the well -being of their children and their future too,” he said.