UNORGANIZED WORKERS’

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 2008

 NATURE OF
OCCUPATION
EMPLOYMENT
UNORGANIZE
D WORKERS
SPECIALLY SERVICE
DISTRESSED CATEGORIES
 ▪ Enterprise owned by individuals
UNORGANIZED ▪ Self-employed workers
SECTOR ▪ Engaged in production or sale of goods
SECTION 2(l)/ ▪ Providing service of any kind
2(86) SS CODE ▪ Number of workers less than 10
 HOME-BASED SELF-OCCUPIE
WORKER D WORKER
KINDS OF
WORKERS
UNORGANIZED WAGE
WORKER WORKER
 ▪ Engaged in production of goods or services
▪ For an employer
HOME-BASED ▪ Other than workplace of an employer
WORKER ▪ At home/ premises of his or her choice
SECTION 2(b)/ ▪ For remuneration
2(36) SS CODE ▪ Irrespective of whether employer provides equipment,
materials or other inputs
 ▪ Not employed by an employer
SELF-EMPLOYED ▪ Occupation in unorganized sector
WORKER ▪ Subject to monthly earning of amount, as notified by
SECTION 2(k)/ govt. from time to time

2(75) SS CODE ▪ Or holds cultivable land subject to govt. notified ceiling

 ▪ Employed for remuneration in unorganized sector
▪ Directly by an employer/ through contractor
▪ Irrespective of place of work

WAGE ▪ For one/ more than one employers

WORKER ▪ Cash or kind

SECTION 2(n) ▪ Home-based/ temporary/ casual/ migrant/ employed

by households including domestic workers

▪ With a monthly wage of amount – notified by Central or

State Govt.
 ▪ Home-based/ self-employed/ wage worker
▪ Working in unorganized sector
▪ Includes worker in organized sector, who is not covered
by any of the Acts mentioned in Schedule II of the Act

UNORGANIZE ECA 1923

D WORKER PAYMENT
OF
GRATUITY
ID ACT
1947
SECTION 2(m) ACT 1972

SCHEDULE
II

MB ACT ESI ACT

1961 1948

EPF ACT
1952
 GIG WORKER ▪ A person who performs work or participates in a work

SECTION 2(35) arrangement and earns from such activities outside of

traditional employer-employee relationship
CODE
 ▪ Work arrangement outside of a traditional

PLATFORM employer-employee relationship in which organisations

or individuals use an online platform to access other
WORK & organisations or individuals to solve specific problems
WORKER or to provide specific services or any such other
activities which may be notified by the Central
SECTION 2(60) Government, in exchange for payment;
CODE ▪ A person engaged in or undertaking platform work
 ▪ Life and disability cover
▪ Health and maternity benefits
▪ Old age protection
▪ Education
CENTRAL ▪ Any other benefit
GOVT.
SCHEMES ▪ Wholly or partly funded by the Central govt.
▪ Partly funded by Central govt + State govt. +
contributions from beneficiaries or employers

▪ Funded from any source including CSR

 ▪ Provident fund
▪ Employment injury benefit
▪ Housing
▪ Educational schemes for children
▪ Skill upgradation of workers
▪ Funeral activities
STATE GOVT. ▪ Old age homes

SCHEMES
▪ Wholly or partly funded by the State govt. – may seek financial
assistance from the Central govt.
▪ Partly funded by State govt. + contributions from beneficiaries or
employers
▪ Funded from any source including CSR
 COMPOSITION
NATIONAL
SOCIAL UNION MINISTER
SECRETARY,
MINISTRY OF
DIRECTOR-GENR 34 (40)
FOR LABOUR AND AL LABOUR NOMINATED
SECURITY EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR AND
EMPLOYMENT
WELFARE MEMBERS

BOARD VICE-CHAIRPERS MEMBER

SECTION 5 CHAIRPERSON
ON SECRETARY

Term – 3 years
 COMPOSITION

MINISTER OF PRINCIPAL
28 [31] NOMINATED
LABOUR AND SECRETARY /
STATE SOCIAL EMPLOYMENT LABOUR SECRETARY
MEMBERS

SECURITY MEMBER
BOARD CHAIRPERSON
SECRETARY
[VICE-CHAIRPERSO
SECTION 6 N]

Term – 3 years
 ▪ Registration under district administration
▪ Eligibility conditions:
▪ Completed 14 years of age [16 years of age or such age as may
be prescribed by the Central Government]
▪ Self-declaration confirming that he/she is an unorganized
worker

▪ Every eligible unorganised worker, gig worker or platform

worker shall make an application for registration in such
form along with such documents including Aadhaar number
REGISTRATION as may be prescribed by the Central Government and such
worker shall be assigned a distinguishable number to his
application:
▪ Provided that the system of electronic registration
maintained by the appropriate Government shall also
provide for self registration by any such worker in such
manner as may be prescribed by the Central Government.
▪ Issued an UIN card
 ▪ Record-keeping – electronically or otherwise
▪ Tollfree call centre/ helpline/ facilitation centres
(a) to disseminate information on available social security
schemes for the unorganised workers, gig workers and
NEW platform workers;

PROVISIONS (b) to facilitate filing, processing and forwarding of

application forms for registration of unorganised workers,
UNDER THE gig workers and platform workers;

CODE (c) to assist unorganised workers, gig workers and platform

workers to obtain registration; and
(d) to facilitate the enrolment of the registered unorganised
workers, gig workers and platform workers in the social
security schemes.