DRIVER PROTECTION: After two delivery couriers died in accidents last week, the Ministry of Labor is to set new policy for food apps and help drivers unionize
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 15, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA
The Ministry of Labor threatened yesterday to fine food delivery platforms that are allegedly dodging
Minister of Labor Hsu Ming-chun speaks at a meeting of the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA
Minister of Labor Hsu Ming-chun (許銘春) said some of the food delivery platforms operating in Taiwan claim that their couriers are independent contractors rather than employees, meaning that the companies do not have to provide them with labor insurance.
However, whether a food deliverer is the employee of a delivery platform company is defined by the labor authorities, not the companies themselves, Hsu said.
She added that her ministry intends to begin inspections of these platform operators and to clarify whether their delivery personnel are employers or contractors. [FULL STORY]
