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In Singapore and Malaysia, governments have started to create new laws for gig economy workers.

These workers include food delivery riders, ride-hailing drivers, and freelancers.

Previously, they did not have formal employee status and lacked basic protections like minimum wage, health insurance, and work injury compensation.

Now, the new laws in Singapore and Malaysia require platform companies and workers to jointly pay social insurance, and workers can receive medical and injury compensation.

Contract terms must be clearly written, workers can work on multiple platforms, and they can join labor unions.

Platform companies must also ensure the safety of workers at work.

These new laws provide more protection for gig workers.

Although some issues are not fully resolved, these changes have made other Asian countries start to pay attention to how to protect gig workers.