Since the outbreak of the epidemic last year, citizens have reduced their meals outside, providing an opportunity for expansion of the food delivery platform.
However, recently, some foodpanda delivery staff were dissatisfied with the company's policy and initiated at least six districts of industrial action, and collectively went online and took a break without taking orders.
He Hung-hsing, Organizing Officer of the Food and Hotel Workers Union, pointed out that the bottom line of the problem lies in the government’s "three-for-nothing" attitude, and there is no clear definition of the standards for self-employed people. As a result, takeaways are not immune to accidents during food delivery. Assure.
He Hongxing suggested that the government could follow the regulations of the Mainland, for example, take-out platforms must insure take-out workers and set a minimum hourly wage.
As for the Labour Department, it should also "make a final decision" to determine whether the delivery staff are self-employed.
He also said that the local food delivery staff can no longer bear it and believe that they will continue to launch industrial operations in the future.
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Takeaways are "self-employed", lack of protection and accidents will outweigh the gains
It is not the first time that foodpanda delivery staff have gone on strike to express their demands, but the number and scale of this time are larger than before.
He Hung-hsing believes that the repeated strikes of takeaways are ultimately due to the government's "three-for-nothing" attitude, overemphasizing the "big market, small government" and relying on the market to adjust salaries, and there is no clear definition of the standards for self-employed persons.
The takeaway was once a contract worker and then changed to self-employed
Ho Hung Hing pointed out that when foodpanda first entered Hong Kong, the delivery staff were contract employees, who were protected by employment regulations and enjoyed basic hourly wages and additional order sharing.
However, the government’s gray area allowed take-away platforms to take advantage of. Later, the system was changed to "under the law" and switched to employing self-employed persons. The old employees cancelled their contracts under the pretext of complaints.
Takeaways who are not covered by employment treaties are not protected by law. Except for no statutory holidays, paid annual leave and MPF contributions, if an accident occurs during the delivery of meals, the loss will not be worth the loss at any time, such as being fined by law enforcement officers for "copying the card" , Traffic accidents, bicycle damage and hospitalization, etc.
Foodpanda ignores the driver’s road difficulties and sets up a new “Abandonment Suspension System”
Therefore, He Hongxing severely criticized foodpanda as an unscrupulous company. "The big stone killed the crab and asked people to be a Si, claiming that everyone is a takeaway team, but the CS department can completely help if something happens." He also said that from time to time there are takeaways. He was accidentally sent to hospital, but after many months he was still not compensated by the food delivery platform.
Even if the takeaway appeals to the Labour Tribunal, it will take years to resolve. "Big companies will definitely deal with you to the end."
The main reason for the takeaway strike is that foodpanda claims that employees can take orders freely and no longer calculates the order rate, but suddenly a new "suspension system" is set up.
Under the new system, if takeaway orders continue to abandon, they will be forcibly prohibited from going online for about 15 minutes.
He Hongxing pointed out that when cavalry is racing against time on the road, how can they stop and take orders immediately?
The "infantry system" is a unique feature of Hong Kong. Although the take-out platform suggests that the transport distance of infantry is within 1 kilometer, in fact the dispatching point is several kilometers away.
In addition, foodpanda's salary adjustment mechanism has always been stigmatized by the delivery staff. Because the salary is only determined by the employer, the delivery staff are kept in the dark every time and often learn about the fee adjustment after work.
He Hongxing believes that the long-term solution to the chaotic situation can only be left to the government's intervention. For example, according to the Mainland's regulations that the food delivery platform includes Meituan, the rights and interests of delivery workers must be protected.
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The delivery staff will continue to strike on Christmas and New Year’s Eve
However, although some people sell food for their livelihood, some people just make extra money and do not want to become an employment relationship.
However, He Hongxing believes that the long-term solution to the chaotic situation can only be left to the government's intervention. For example, following the mainland's regulations that food delivery platforms include Meituan, insuring delivery staff, and setting a minimum hourly wage.
As for the Labour Department, it should also "make a final decision" to determine whether the delivery staff are self-employed.
He Hongxing predicts that if the government takes action to resolve the incident, it does not rule out that the takeaway platform will withdraw from Hong Kong by then.
He cited the successive traffic accidents of food delivery workers in Taiwan a few years ago as an example. He pointed out that after the local food delivery platform amended the local regulations, the fines were immediately changed to bonuses, and the regulations on the dressing of food delivery workers were abolished in order to escape the government. Regulation.
He also said that the local takeaways can no longer bear it, and believe that in the coming Christmas, New Year's Eve, etc., they will continue to launch industrial actions.
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