Network to develop policies on injury compensation for platform workers

It will look into work injury reporting and claims processing in exceptional cases

- Goh Yan Han

A new network has been formed to develop policies for work injury compensation for platform workers.

Manpower Minister Tan See Leng said on Friday that his ministry will set up the Platform Workers Work Injury Compensation Implementation Network, which will comprise platform companies, platform workers, insurers and tripartite partners.

This follows the recommendations made by the Advisory Committee on Platform Workers in November 2022 to ensure better injury compensation and financial security for these workers.

The moves are expected to be rolled out in the later part of 2024, at the earliest.

The recommendations, accepted in November 2022 by the Government, include making work injury compensation insurance a mandatory provision by platform companies if a worker is injured at work.

The new network will consider perspectives of the various stakeholders when developing processes, such as for claims processing

and the reporting of work injuries, said Dr Tan at the start of a dialogue with platform workers that was organised by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) as part of its Every Worker Matters conversations, together with the Ministry of Manpower (MOM).