1. INTRODUCTION
The law concerning gig economy has seen transformational changes
in the year 2019. This article discusses the developments in the
law relating to gig economy in the USA and India. This is in
continuation of our earlier article, India and the Gig
Economy1.
The law regarding gig economy has seen major developments in the
USA as the state of California, USA has now codified the said law.
Such developments are expected to bring changes to the traditional
workforce structures and human resource practices followed in the
USA.
India, being the uprising gig economy, has also been witnessing
huge growth in number of gig workers in the past few years. This
has led the Indian legislature to introduce the gig workers in one
of the draft labour code bill i.e. the Code on Social Security,
2019 (the "Code"), which has also been discussed
herein.
