Chinanews.com, August 18th. Li Huaqiang, head of the Department of Transportation Services of the Ministry of Transport, said on the 18th that the operating behavior of platform companies will be regulated, and online car-hailing platform companies will be required to regulate their own pricing behavior, reduce excessively high percentages, and strengthen Communicate and negotiate with the driver, set the upper limit of the draw ratio, and announce it to the society.
A few days ago, the executive meeting of the State Council deliberated and approved the "Guiding Opinions on Safeguarding Labor Security Rights and Interests of New Employment Forms" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guiding Opinions").
On the 18th, the State Council Information Office held a regular briefing on the State Council’s policies to introduce the relevant situation.
At the meeting, a reporter asked questions and said that drivers on individual online car-hailing platforms reported that the platform’s high commissions and arbitrary price adjustments caused a decline in income. In order to obtain more benefits, they had to extend their working hours.
How to protect the labor rights of online car-hailing?
Li Huaqiang introduced that in recent years, my country’s online car-hailing industry has developed rapidly. There are currently 236 online car-hailing platform companies across the country, and more than 3.51 million online car-hailing drivers have been licensed. It has made positive contributions to meet the diverse and convenient travel needs of the people.
"At the same time, we have paid close attention to the fact that individual online car-hailing platforms have arbitrarily adjusted pricing rules and other business strategies after gaining market advantage, and set excessively high percentages to induce drivers to work overtime and drive fatigued, which infringes on the labor of drivers. Remuneration, rest and other labor rights." Li Huaqiang said.
Li Huaqiang pointed out that in response to these issues, the "Guiding Opinions" jointly issued by the eight departments have further regulated the platform's employment relationship, and have made efforts to maintain the labor remuneration, reasonable rest, social insurance, labor safety and other rights and interests of workers in new forms of employment. Clear requirements.
Li Huaqiang said that in the next step, the Ministry of Transport will take into account the actual situation of the reform and development of the online car-hailing industry, and work with relevant departments to accelerate the implementation of the "Guiding Opinions", take the initiative to care for drivers, strive to improve working conditions, and ensure practical protection. The labor rights of online car-hailing drivers and other groups.
The focus includes four aspects:
The first is to consolidate the main responsibilities of platform companies, guide and urge online car-hailing platform companies to use labor in accordance with the law, adopt more labor contract-based labor methods, implement the responsibility of protecting the rights and interests of drivers, and reasonably determine the rights and obligations between the platform and the drivers .
The second is to standardize the operating behavior of platform companies, requiring online car-hailing platform companies to regulate their own pricing behavior, reduce excessively high percentages, strengthen communication and negotiation with drivers, set the upper limit of the percentage, and announce it to the public.
The third is to ensure reasonable labor compensation for drivers, and urge online car-hailing platform companies to comprehensively consider factors such as job nature, labor intensity, work tasks, local average wages, and market operating conditions, and reasonably determine the labor compensation standards for drivers, and provide Public announcement.
The fourth is to protect drivers’ reasonable rest rights, and require online car-hailing platform companies to continue to optimize the dispatch mechanism, maximize the operating efficiency of the vehicle during the online period, scientifically determine the driver’s working hours and labor intensity, and avoid overtime work and fatigue driving. , And earnestly safeguard the rest rights of the majority of online car-hailing drivers.