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Written by: Lin Yingxian
2021-06-14 11:37
The last update date: 2021-06-14 11:37
The epidemic has continued for more than a year, and many citizens will stay at home to fight the epidemic, making online shopping and take-out express services a general trend. Many people have joined as "riders" or "infantry" on take-out platforms.
The Federation of Trade Unions pointed out that takeaways on such online platforms “have no name but are actually employed”, causing them to be exploited and lack protection of their rights. It urges the government to study the “gig economy” as soon as possible to resolve employment status determinations. Issues, and legislation to set up a licensing system to regulate.
Lu Songxiong, a member of the Legislative Council of the Federation of Trade Unions, said that the system of the food delivery platform uses algorithms to control the behavior and service quality of the delivery staff. Therefore, the platform has substantial control over the delivery of the delivery staff. For example, foodpanda and deliveroo will receive less orders. For casual workers, reduce their service fees for each order.
Lu Songxiong emphasized that the workers of these food delivery platforms are not completely self-employed, because they are not free to work without the control of the platform.
Lu Songxiong also pointed out that Taiwan, Spain, the United Kingdom and other places have ruled that takeaway and odd labor platforms are in an asymmetrical position with their workers. The casual workers are not self-employed. However, Hong Kong has yet to establish relevant rulings. In 2020, the two complaints received by the Labour Department were eventually lost.
He also said that according to media statistics, there were 11 accidents involving delivery personnel in the whole year of last year, most of which were injured at a moderate level or above, and there were also many critical cases. The traffic accident figures released by the police in the first quarter of this year involved injuries. There were a total of 771 motorcycle accidents in China, 94 of which were related to takeaway express delivery, accounting for 12%. Lu Songxiong believes that the figures show that employees are injured more and more, but they are not protected by labor insurance.
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