- According to the Fairwork India 2023 report, BigBasket is the best organisation for gig workers in India.
- The report ranks Zomato, Swiggy, Urban Company and BluSmart, all in second place. Porter, and Ola came in last in the ranking.
- Professors Balaji Parthasarathy and Janaki Srinivasan were the Principal Investigators of the report.
- In the report, each company is judged on the basis of five factors.
- These factors are Fair Pay, Fair Contract, Fair Management, Fair Representation, and Fair Conditions.
- Each factor carried two points. This implied a company could get 10 points maximum and 0 points minimum.
- Ola has scored zero out of 10 points for the third year in a row.
- The Fairwork India team noted that EV-based ride-hailing platform BluSmart operates on an “asset-light” model.
- According to the report, the only platforms with a minimum wage policy are BigBasket, Flipkart, and Urban Company.
