We write to bring to your attention the key compliance
requirements under the recently introduced Karnataka
Platform Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Rules,
2025. ("Rules"). The Rules must
be read together with the previously notified Karnataka
Platform Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Ordinance,
2025. ("Ordinance").
The Government of Karnataka on May, 2025 had introduced the
Ordinance, to make sure gig and platform workers are provided their
basic welfare and social security benefits that they never had
under older labour laws. It sets rules for how platform companies
must contribute to a welfare fund and protect workers rights.
Whereas, the Government of Karnataka has introduced the Rules on
November, 2025 wherein it explain how all the provisions of the
Ordiance can be practicable in real life, including how workers and
aggregators must register, how the welfare money will be collected,
how complaints will be handled, and what the
