Fairwork India 2023 report

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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.