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More power to gig workers – a key step towards a better platform economy
The move to allow union-like bodies to represent workers can be beneficial to platform operators too in seeking win-win solutions to issues affecting the sector
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Representation of platform workers will also need to take into account the different profiles and priorities of workers.
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This week, the Government unveiled a framework for formal representation of platform workers
Of the three areas of recommendations put forward in 2022 by the Advisory Committee on Platform Workers set up by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) to safeguard the interests of platform workers, the ones on work injury compensation and Central Provident Fund contributions have already been translated into policy. The third issue – representation for platform workers – was devolved to a tripartite work group, which has now completed its work.
