On September 16, Capital State learned that it was reported online that "takeout boys have been forcibly registered as individual industrial and commercial households, thus allowing the platform side to evade the responsibility of the main employer."
On September 15, ele.me said that the platform forbids any form of inducing or forcing workers in new employment forms to turn into individual industrial and commercial households to evade the responsibility of employers, and strictly abide by the relevant laws and regulations of the state and the compliance requirements of relevant local departments.
Ele.me said that the company is actively promoting the payment of a new type of occupational injury insurance for riders in the national pilot areas, under the guidance of relevant departments. At the same time, the landing of the rider protection and care program is carried out in many aspects, such as rider health, rider income, rider care and development and so on.
Late on the night of September 14, Meituan-W (03690.HK) also posted that it had sent a "notice on prohibiting riders from registering individual industrial and commercial households" to all partners, reiterating this attitude and putting forward clear and specific requirements, and will complete the letter of commitment of all partners next week to further strengthen the supervision of the platform.
Meituan also said that the introduction of relevant policy documents on new employment forms of workers, so that take-out riders' labor rights protection policy has rules to follow, which is not only a great benefit to the rider group, but also an important direction guide to the platform economy.
In the future, Meituan will continue to further implement the relevant policies and requirements from the following six aspects: ensuring the income distribution of riders, scientifically determining labor intensity, improving social security for riders, implementing safety and health responsibilities, improving the appeal mechanism for riders, and promoting the career development of riders. Greater efforts will be taken to protect the rights and interests of workers in new forms of employment.
It is reported that in July this year, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Affairs and other eight departments jointly issued the "guidance on safeguarding the labor security rights and interests of workers in new forms of employment," and the General Administration of Market Supervision and other seven departments issued the "guidance on implementing the responsibility of the online catering platform to effectively safeguard the rights and interests of takeout delivery diners." The above documents put forward all-round requirements for the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of takeout delivery workers.