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Takeaway drivers have experienced fear of work injuries, "breaking one hand and returning it", slamming takeaway platforms for zero guarantee

2022-08-05T13:07:27.517Z


"Basically all the food delivery drivers are like the deceased. They go back and forth for 13 to 14 hours a day, and they spend time with their families to support their families."


"Basically all the food delivery drivers are like the deceased. They go back and forth for 13 to 14 hours a day, and they spend time with their families to support their families." Ping and the bus collided head-on and died of serious injuries. Afterwards, he only received 10,000 yuan in condolences, causing controversy.

A Qiang, who has worked as a food delivery driver for 17 years, pointed out that in recent years, food delivery platforms have accepted candidates without examination. Dangerous, and he has been injured many times due to work in the past. The most serious one was Da Po’s self-destruction and broke his hand. He rested for 2 years. Fortunately, he was a long-term worker and received paid sick leave. He criticized the food delivery platform for not admitting the employment relationship. Work-related injuries can only be reluctant to start work, and the risk of serious work-related accidents will only increase or decrease in the future.


17 years as a delivery driver, the hours are getting longer and the wages are getting lower and lower

Ah Qiang, 43 years old, started working as a food delivery driver 17 years ago. He was first employed by a bakery chain. It was a long-term employment relationship with benefits such as sick leave and paid vacation. He made no secret of driving motorcycles on the road. Accidents are inevitable when walking. The most serious one was 13 years ago when delivering food in Tolo Port, Tai Po, and slipping and slipping. After rubbing the floor with his left hand and his arm, he snapped. "A total of 10 fractures from arm to palm. When he turned around, he found that his hand was broken.” He rested for 2 years and resumed work after several physical treatments, but his left hand was severely deformed after recovery. Thigh skin grafts are added inch by inch.”

As the business was affected by competition from other chain stores, the company cut Ah Qiang's working hours. In order to make a living, he had to switch to work on the two major food delivery platforms to earn more income. He admitted that he was willing to work hard at the beginning, and the income was not bad. "Five or six years ago, there were only 40 takeaways in one district, and 7 to 8 hours a day, making 2,000 mosquitoes a day was no big problem, but there are 500 riders and bicycle synchros in one district. If you open 13 to 14 hours a day, you may not earn 1,000 mosquitoes.” He pointed out that in recent years, the recruitment quality of food delivery platforms has been uneven, and applicants are only required to provide a copy of their ID card and simple registration to go online, resulting in the emergence of vicious competition.

"Someone once posted the account of himself and his wife with the same boy, and received orders with 4 mobile phones in one car. Taxi is studying legislation to restrict 2 mobile phones from being placed on the front of the car, but there is no (upper limit) for takeaway drivers."

Someone once posted that their own and his wife's account with the same boy went online, and received orders with 4 mobile phones in one car. Taxi has studied legislation to restrict 2 mobile phones from being placed on the front of the car, but there is no upper limit for takeaway drivers.

Takeaway driver Ah Qiang

There are two-way or street paper black workers in the industry, and it is difficult for law enforcement agencies to verify and enforce the law

A Qiang said that in recent years there has been an influx of new people, and black workers have begun to appear in the industry.

"Basically, I don't want to cross districts as a takeaway. I see a driver going upstairs to carry a copy of their ID card for registration. The administrator asks for the original. He would rather not have a single document and no ID, or the same car will be replaced every few months. Newcomers, just ask to know that they hold a two-way permit or a street certificate.” Among them, the infantry is the most serious, basically one in 10 is a black worker, but the food delivery platform does not have an audit mechanism, and it allows black workers to exist in disguise. Even he has seen "Xueshen" (motorcyclists who haven't obtained a license plate) delivering meals online, but the platform will not bother, making the food delivery industry filthy, "I know a "Xueshen", at least Visited the canal three or four times in the hospital." The probability of accidents increased sharply.

Due to the vicious competition that the platform does not limit the entry of newcomers, his working hours are getting longer and longer. Now it has increased to 13 to 14 hours a day, and only 2 days off per month. The basic treatment is the same as the previous car accident in Sau Mau Ping The dead food delivery driver is the same, but after joining the food delivery platform, he has zero protection for work-related injuries. During the two accidents, the more serious one was a fracture of the right foot. He plans to apply to the Social Welfare Department for the no-fault traffic accident casualty assistance commonly known as the "Driver Award". In the plan, when he applied for a company seal to the platform to claim work-related injury allowances, the other party refused on the grounds that there was no employment relationship between the two parties. As a result, after 14 days of recuperation, even if he did not recover, he had to work reluctantly to maintain a living and support his family.

MP: Fragmentation in the food delivery and stage industry

Wang Shile, chairman of the Freelance Workers Branch of the Service Industry Federation of Trade Unions who assisted the family of the takeaway worker in the car accident in the death of Sau Mau Ping, said that although the takeaway platform has purchased insurance for takeaway workers, the coverage is only limited to the start of work and the deceased case is listed as non-working hours. Giving 10,000 yuan in condolences is a cool thing to do, especially since it has been raining heavily recently, the takeaway has to drive and deliver food, "You imagine that the rain is like a basin of water pouring down, and they grab the takeout with both hands and drive while driving. How about the calculation?" She believes that the government should legislate to protect the rights and interests of delivery workers.

Legislative Council member Guo Weiqiang said that the employment relationship has changed in recent years, and industries such as food delivery and stage entertainment have become fragmented, making employees fake self-employed and unable to obtain labor protection, especially the food delivery platform. It is necessary to submit information through a mobile phone, "no one knows when the construction starts." It is also difficult for law enforcement agencies to verify the crackdown, which brings danger to road users and the industry. Four proposals were made, including reviewing the existing legislation to relax the conditions for employees to receive compensation for accidental casualties while commuting to and from get off work; study the establishment of a "central occupational insurance compensation fund" to provide work-related injury protection for informal workers such as takeaway drivers; introduce takeaway food delivery The platform licensing system strengthens supervision; establishes the employment relationship between food delivery platforms and delivery workers, and eliminates the problem of false self-employment.

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