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China: Delivery platforms compete to offer better worker benefits
China’s food delivery platforms are competing to roll out social security benefits, in an industry criticised in the past for harsh treatment of its bike riders and drivers. E-commerce platform JD.com announced that it would enter the food delivery business and provide social security schemes for drivers, including housing fund benefits and various types of insurance. Meituan and Alibaba-owned Ele.me followed by announcing they both will expand social insurance benefits for their full-time delivery workers.
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Death of Chinese delivery rider highlights harsh working conditions
Former delivery rider Lu Qiankun said Yuan’s death wasn’t an isolated case. Former delivery rider says the biggest issue in this industry is that there’s no welfare protection, the next biggest problem is the low income.
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China: Death of delivery rider highlights concerns over working conditions in gig economy
The sudden death of a takeout deliveryman in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou has thrown into stark relief the strenuous nature of this gig industry, where drivers are working ever-longer hours to chase shrinking fees as competition grows amid China’s bleak job market.
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