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A summer of worry for food delivery, quick commerce companiesFood delivery and quick commerce platforms expect a surge in demand during summer and the IPL season, but rider availability remains uncert...
Quick commerce showering gig workers with festive incentives to make them stayQuick commerce platforms are rolling out fresh incentives for delivery workers to gear up for festive season, anticipating a surge in order...
E-commerce platforms ramp up seasonal hiring ahead of festivities, create over 3.8 lakh jobsIndian e-commerce companies prepare for increased sales. Flipkart, Amazon, and Myntra create over 3.8 lakh seasonal jobs. These jobs span s...
Ecommerce companies go big on gig hiring for festive playE-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart are driving a three-year high in seasonal hiring this festive season, creating half a million jobs. F...
Quick commerce firms face delivery partner crunch amid rising demandQuick commerce faces challenges in hiring delivery partners. Demand is rising, and companies like Amazon are joining the market. However, a...
Recruitment platform Vahan raises $10 million in funding led by Khosla VenturesThe round also saw participation from Y Combinator, US-based VC firm Gaingels, and Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder of Paytm, among others. Va...
Companies & retailers start discounts, redo retail stores, hire 20% higher temporary gig workforce for Black FridayBlack Friday is followed by Cyber Monday, a marketing term for e-commerce sales on the Monday after Thanksgiving, and companies are running...
Ecommerce, logistics firms gear up to deliver bumper festive seasonCompanies across all segments of ecommerce and logistics are planning to hire two-three times more people (pickers, packers, loaders and wa...
India plans welfare measures for gig workers ahead of electionsThe plan, part of the Social Security Code enacted in 2020, could include accident, health insurance and retirement benefits, said a senior...
Nykaa reports 68% fall in Q3 profit at Rs 9 crore; Big Tech battle it out for AI controlNykaa's revenue from operations surged 33% to Rs 1,462 crore for the quarter under review. Revenues in the year-ago quarter stood at Rs 1,0...
Gig workers ride solo during third waveMany delivery staffers say companies not helping with second shots, PPE gear; online firms refute claims
The challenge with gig economyThe main issue with gig economy is the employment relationship. Most of the time, it is the ambiguity around the rights of workers and the ...
Economic Survey 2020-21: India's gig economy now among largest in the worldThe increasing role of the gig economy was evidenced in the significant e-commerce growth seen during the pandemic-induced lockdown, Econom...
Jobs without fixed salaries are increasing: So plan for money goals wiselyDigital platforms have emerged as enablers for employment creation with the power to easily discover job seekers and job providers in the a...
Gig Workers Fund: Internet firms seek clarity on social security inputsOnline platforms, such as Amazon India, Ola, Uber and Urban Company, have asked the labour ministry to clearly define turnover, which will ...
Gig economy weighs impact of social security for workersThe government has proposed changes which would ensure gig workers get life and disability cover, health and maternity benefits, old age pr...
Women bag frontline roles in gig economy, but lag behind in wagesWhile more women are joining the gig economy in such roles, they are paid less than men for the same jobs.