Youth rights group calls for elimination of TDD

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-08-29
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

A youth rights group Monday called on food businesses to eliminate their Time Definite Delivery (TDD) services to prevent students working as delivery people from risking their lives trying to deliver food or drinks within a time limit.

Taiwan Alliance for Advancement of Youth Rights and Welfare (TAAYRW) said that according to statistics compiled by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration from 2013 to 2016, traffic accidents that involved youth under 20 years old concentrated on the food and beverage businesses. Young people working part-time delivering food and drinks by motorbike are susceptible to traffic accidents under the pressure of TDD.

The TAAYRW said they had seen three traffic accidents on TV news involving young delivery workers during work in less than two months into this year’s summer vacation. It is evident that delivery by motorbike under the pressure of TDD has higher risks of sustaining occupational injuries, the group added.     [FULL  STORY]