ALL BUT ONE: Foodpanda was the only platform not to sign the code, which would require couriers to have valid driving licenses and for the firms to follow CWB warnings
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 25, 2019
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
The Sharing Economy Association Taiwan (SEAT) yesterday released its proposed code of conduct for
Food delivery drivers are pictured on their scooters in a street in Taipei in an undated photograph.
Photo: CNA
The working conditions for food-delivery workers are under scrutiny following the deaths of several drivers in traffic accidents.
The National Development Council on Sunday hosted a meeting of representatives of delivery platforms and government agencies to discuss ways of better protecting delivery couriers and ensuring that food orders are not contaminated during delivery.
Representatives of the association, which represents UberEats, GoGoVan, Deliveroo, Foodpanda, Lalamove and other providers, agreed that it would start to draft its own code of conduct.
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