Karnataka Sets Up Working Group To Fix Gig Worker Welfare Fee

These groups comprise representatives from platforms, think tanks, technocrats and tech companies

The Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers Ordinance proposes levying a 1-5% charge per transaction as welfare fee for the workers

The state government has a possibility of fixing a higher rate on higher revenue-earning businesses, such as ride-hailing services

The Karnataka government has reportedly set up two working groups to estimate the quantum of the fee to be levied…