A freelance delivery person who delivers food from restaurants meets, and the delivery person also pays the insurance premium after approving the workmen's accident compensation insurance, which provides medical expenses when injured at work. He appealed that the system should be reviewed.
The union that appealed for the review was a labor union made up of delivery staff of "Uber Eats," which undertakes work individually and delivers food from restaurants.
Workers' accident compensation insurance is for people employed by companies, and the company pays the insurance premiums in the case of injury or illness at work, which provides medical expenses and compensation for leave of absence.
On the other hand, freelance delivery staff are not covered by workers' accident compensation insurance because they do not have an employment contract with a company, and the council of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is considering allowing delivery staff to pay special insurance by themselves. ..
At the press conference, he pointed out that the deliveryman takes on each job through the system operated by the company, and in fact, it is no different from the person who works under an employment contract because he is receiving command and orders from the company.
After that, he appealed that the system should be reviewed so that the company pays the insurance premium after allowing the delivery staff to take out the workers' accident compensation insurance.
Toshiaki Tsuchiya, executive committee chairman of "Uber Eats Union," said, "I would like to ask the company to bear the burden of the workers' accident compensation insurance system that does not burden the workers as delivery staff."