Need for law to regulate gig workers being studied, says Human Resources Ministry


A file picture of food delivery riders waiting outside a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur. — Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Human Resources Ministry is looking into the need for a law, specifically to regulate gig workers and protect their welfare as this group is not covered by the Employment Act 1955.

Its minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan said so far, gig workers only receiv social protection under the Social Security Organisation (Socso).

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