WHY IT MATTERS TO FORMALISE INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT

‘Whether they are formal employees, self-employed or platform gig workers, all workers deserve decent work and adequate social protection,’ says Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz.

IN an article published in March this year, I outlined PERKESO’s initiatives to expand social protection coverage for the self-employed, particularly gig or platform workers in the country.

Unregulated growth of the platform economy led to an influx of informal workers (workers without fundamental employment rights and protection) – raising concerns of inequality between formal and informal gig workers, and rising levels of vulnerability among informal workers.