· Kinds of worker

Legal Definitions and Scope

• - The code on social security. 2020 expand the concept of worker to include not only traditional employees, but also those working in the unorganised gig and platform economy. This ensures wider Social Security coverage for modern form of employment.
• - Section 2 (35) – Gig worker - A gig worker is a person who performs work or participate in a work Arrangement and on from such activities outside the traditional employer, employee relationship
• - Examples: Freelancers, food delivery partners, ride-sharing drivers.
• - Section 2(36)- Home based worker - home based worker is a person engaged in production of goods and services from home. Oregon, any place of choice for enumeration, for an employer, whether or not input is provided.
• - Examples: Tailoring from home, handicraft work, packaging work.
• - Section 2(61) - platform worker - a platform worker is a person engaged in platform work through online platform.
• - Examples: Uber, Ola, Zomato, Swiggy.
• - Section 2 (75) -self-employed worker - a self-employed worker, is a person who is not employed by an employer, but engages in any occupation in unorganised sector, subject to income or Land holding limit notified by government.
• - Examples: Street vendors, small shopkeepers, independent artisans.
• - Section 2(86) – Unorganised worker – The unorganised worker includes home based worker, self-employed worker, wage worker in an unorganised sector.
• - Section 2 (90) – Wage worker. Wage worker is a person employed for renumeration in the unorganised sector, directly or through a contractor, whether temporary Paid in cash and working for one or multiple employers.