Key Points
Corporates [platform companies] make an investment, by investment I mean they evoke the desires of workers in the beginning and, because of that, they [drivers] hope there will be gains...
They are actually like vittal poochi [winged termites], a 44-year-old gig worker who joined Ola in 2017 said, as quoted by the report...
The report revealed that out of the 11 companies reviewed, only bigbasket and Urban Company received the first point under fair pay for implementing a minimum wage policy that ensures all their workers earn at least the local hourly minimum wage after accounting for work-related expenses...
Meanwhile, Amazon Flex, bigbasket, BluSmart, Swiggy, Urban Company, Zepto, and Zomato earned the first point under fair conditions for supplying adequate safety equipment and offering regular safety training to their workers..
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