Improving the treatment of Uber Eats delivery staff Income compensation in case of infection March 27, 19:13
As the spread of the new coronavirus spreads, the operating company of UberEats, a service where ordinary people deliver food to customers as a delivery person, has set a certain amount of time if the delivery person becomes infected and cannot work. Announced that the income will be compensated.
According to the announcement, the Japanese subsidiary of the UberEats operating company will be able to economically deliver deliveries who have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus or have been asked by a health center to stay home as a close contact for up to 14 days. Is to help.
The policy is to compensate based on the average daily income for each delivery person that has been earned through UberEats in the past six months, and is currently considering the percentage to be compensated.
The number of people who work on a one-off basis through the Internet, such as Uber Eats deliveries, is called `` gigworkers '' and is increasing all over the world, but since it is treated as a sole proprietor who has no employment relationship with the company, the new coronavirus The challenge in each country is how to support those whose income has decreased due to the spread of the disease.
On the other hand, over the weekend when Tokyo and other governments are urging them to refrain from going out of their way, the company has made it possible to choose to deliver food at the front door as a measure to prevent infection. For that reason, the delivery service will be operated as usual.