The term unorganized worker has been defined under the Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008.
Under section 2(m) of the Unorganized Workers Social Security Act, 2008, the term ‘unorganized worker' means a home-based worker or a self-employed worker or a wage worker in the unorganized sector.
It includes a worker in the organized sector who is not covered by any of the acts pertaining to welfare schemes as mentioned in Schedule II of Unorganized Workers Social Security Act, 2008 i.e. the Employee's Compensation Act, 1923 (3 of 1923), the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), the Employees' State Insurance Act, ....
