Flipkart, Dunzo, Bigbasket rank highest in 'fair pay' on gig economy scoreboard
While online retailer Flipkart scored across most of the parameters, it failed in recognising a "body that can undertake collective representation/bargaining?.
- Flipkart, the poster child of Indian ecommerce has scored the highest in terms of fairness of working conditions, payment of minimum wages, and across a range of other factors to emerge on top of a scoreboard rating the India gig economy.
- The Walmart-acquired company was followed by other prominent Indian startups in the list including Dunzo, Bigbasket, Zomato, Swiggy, and others.
- Under these broad categories, the Indian startups were further ranked in accordance with factors such as "clear terms and conditions", inclusion of "freedom of association and worker voice mechanism", "evidence of equity and/or informed consent for data collection", etc.