The takeaway worker was knocked into a coma and did not wake up. The trade union urged to increase compensation: only 3,900 for a week of temporary and complete disability

Accidents occur frequently during the work of the delivery staff of the food delivery platform.

Last night (2nd) in Tseung Kwan O, there was another foodpanda bicycle delivery worker "A Ning" who was shaken by a taxi and severely injured his skull.

According to the family members of the injured, Ah Ning is still in a coma and has been hospitalized in the intensive care unit, and will need another operation later.

Some labor unions pointed out that in the current accident insurance provided by foodpanda, the compensation for the completely disabled is only 3,900 yuan a week, which cannot provide lasting and sufficient financial support for the injured. It is suggested that the government pass legislation to protect the rights and interests of food delivery workers, such as the insurance coverage purchased by food delivery platforms , should comply with the compensation amount standard of the "Employees' Compensation Regulations", and the scope of protection should cover the working period.

The injured were unconscious and sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.

(Photo by Chen Haoran)

The trade rights association urges the government to set up a licensing system platform for employees to purchase labor insurance before they can practice

The seriously injured delivery man, surnamed Li, is 32 years old and nicknamed "A Ning".

In a telephone interview, Aning's sister said that her brother's skull was severely injured and he will need another operation later.

The younger brother is unmarried and lives with his father. He has been working in foodpanda for 3 to 4 years.

Afterwards, the company contacted the family members, but did not talk about industrial compensation.

The Industrial Accident Rights Association (Trade Rights Association) said that it was saddened by the accident and hoped that the injured would wake up as soon as possible to pass the dangerous period.

The staff has now contacted the family members and will continue to pay attention and follow up and provide assistance.

The labor rights association also pointed out that many delivery workers, like Mr. Li, deliver food full-time. However, the major food delivery platforms in Hong Kong still lack protection for their delivery workers.

Even if he works as hard as Mr. Li, the food delivery platform does not recognize him as an employee.

When a delivery worker encounters an accident during work, the insurance compensation reimbursed through the platform is lower than the compensation for general employee work-related injuries.

It is suggested that the government should establish a licensing system, requiring food delivery platforms to purchase insurance similar to labor insurance compensation for food delivery workers. Only when this condition is met can they practice in Hong Kong.

Takeaway staff rights concern group: only 3,900 yuan for one week of temporary and total disability

The Food Delivery Workers Rights Concern Group also posted on Facebook, stating that although foodpanda had contacted the families of the injured after the incident, in most of the cases that the Concern Group had assisted in the past, the families had not received such treatment.

The concern group criticized the "appropriate assistance" provided by foodpanda, which was limited to providing personal accident insurance information to family members.

The degree of insurance protection is far from that of labor insurance.

Taking temporary total disability compensation as an example, the accident insurance provided by foodpanda only pays 3,900 yuan per week, with 5 weeks as the maximum limit.

Foodpanda insurance falls far short of providing sustained, adequate financial support to the injured.

The concern group pointed out that the rights and interests of work-related injuries need to be protected through legislation.

In September last year, a group of riders and concern groups met with the deputy director of the Labor and Welfare Bureau on related issues and asked the government to legislate that the amount of insurance purchased by food delivery companies should comply with the compensation amount standard of the "Employee Compensation Regulations", and The scope of protection should cover accidents during the working period and within 1 hour before and after going online.

To this day, the government still has no specific agenda to respond to related issues.

Tseung Kwan O taxi hit a bicycle, 32-year-old foodpanda deliveryman was unconscious and sent to the hospital, and the 37-year-old foodpanda deliveryman suffered a head injury and was unconscious.