Nearly 65 per cent of Indian firms are currently employing gig workers, a higher share compared to 57 per cent in 2020, a Nasscom report said on Thursday
However, while the share of organisations employing gig workers has increased, their proportion remains less than 5 per cent of the total workforce (in companies with more than 2,000 full-time employees)
For smaller organisations with less than 2,000 full-time employees, gig worker proportion is more than 5 per cent and none of the organisations surveyed have mentioned a decline in gig hiring, according to the report by Nasscom
The report was prepared together with Nasscom, Indeed in partnership with financial services firm AON
In about 15 per cent of the organisations, the proportion of gig workers in the past two years has increased by more than 30 per cent
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About 25 per cent of the surveyed organisations are open to hiring gig workers for projects with a duration of more than 12 months now, the report said
Over 40% of the surveyed organisations decide on a fixed fee at the initiation of a gig contract
As many as 53 per cent of organisations have policies to absorb gig workers as full-time employees