Is the freedom offered to workers in the 'gig economy' worth it, or does it put people at risk of exploitation?

Workplaces are changing. Many are opting for short term or project-based gigs rather than structured payroll jobs: this probably includes the cab driver who drove you to work and the person delivering your lunch to your office.

But this comes without a legal framework or workers’ rights. Is this freedom of work or exploitation? And what about those who don’t have another option?

In this edition of WorklifeIndia, a gig worker, an employer and a professor give us their opinions

Presenter: Devina Gupta

Contributors:

Natasha Arya, consultant bridal make-up artist

Image: Indian drivers for Uber show mobile phones given to them by the company, during a one-day hunger strike against the US-headquartered transportation service in Hyderabad on August 28, 2015 (Credit: Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images)