FISH OR FOWL? Food delivery platforms must take out insurance for their workers, whether they are deemed employers or contractors, the Ministry of Labor said
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 16, 2019
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) yesterday said that he had instructed the Ministry of Labor to step
Minister of Labor Hsu Ming-chun, left — along with Premier Su Tseng-chang, second left, Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung, second right, and Financial Supervisory Commission Chairman Wellington Koo — comments on the regulations for delivery service platforms during a question-and-answer session at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times
Su made the remarks at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei in response to lawmakers’ questions about the deaths of Foodpanda and Uber Eats couriers in traffic accidents on Thursday and on Sunday respectively.
The incidents have raised questions about the labor practices of the food delivery platforms.
The two companies do not take out labor insurance for deliverers due to a lack of a formal labor-management framework defining whether the platforms are contractors or employers.
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