The Singapore's Worker's Compensation Act (WICA) may be extended to apply to certain type of ‘employee-like’ gig workers to provide them greater financial protection when they get injured.
The existing WICA covers all local and foreign employees who are under a contract of service or contract of apprenticeship, regardless of salary, age or nationality. However, it does not cover independent contractors, the self-employed, domestic workers or uniformed personnel.
Local media recently reported that five delivery platform workers have died in traffic accidents in the past year and a half. Platform workers are workers who rely on online platforms for their income such as taxi drivers, private car drivers and delivery workers. They are regarded as self-employed and are not protected by the WICA or the Employment Act.
An advisory committee is looking into the issue and expects to make recommendations this year. The committee proposes that as long as a worker provides the same service, it should make no difference whether he is a platform delivery worker, or a worker engaged in delivery work as an employee.
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