The Invisible Employee: Algorithmic Management, Deemed Consent, And The Limits Of The DPDP Act In India's Gig Economy

Arunima Jha, High Court of Bombay ABSTRACT India is home to one of the world's fastest-growing gig economies. The Niti Aayog estimates approximately 7.7 million gig workers were engaged in platform-based work in 2020-21, a figure projected to reach 23.5 million by 2029-30. These workers operate in a legal interstice: classified neither as employees entitled to labour law protections nor as independent contractors possessed of genuine entrepreneurial autonomy. Their relationship with the...