SINGAPORE – Hailing a ride in Singapore may become costlier due to a new law strengthening labour protections for platform workers.

But any increase in price for Gojek users due to the Platform Workers Act will not be a sizeable one, said the head of the Indonesian ride-hailing company’s operations here.

“We are still looking at it, but it won’t be something very substantial,” said Gojek Singapore general manager Lien Choong Luen, when asked about the costs that may be passed on to consumers and what form this will take.

“We’re really trying to just make sure that the economics work for us,” he told The Straits Times in an interview on Nov 20 to mark the company’s sixth year of operations in the Republic. Gojek launched its app here in November 2018.

The Platform Workers Act, which was passed by Parliament in September, will cover private-hire car drivers, cabbies and delivery workers who rely on online matching platforms such as Gojek for income.

Under the law, these platform workers will be able to contribute more to their Central Provident Fund (CPF) accounts, with contribution rates that will increase over the next five years so they are eventually aligned to what employee...