NEW DELHI : At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the job landscape, gig employment is gaining ground and is offering huge potential for both blue-collar as well as white-collar workers, according to experts.Gig workers are independent contractual workers who are into flexible agreements with companies or through platforms for on-demand work completion.
In a gig economy, temporary, flexible jobs are preferred by companies rather than hiring full-time employees.Experts believe that gig economy provides a win-win situation for both parties and its reach is slowly expanding from less-skilled services to high-skilled jobs."Gig economy has been there for a long time.