Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation, Minister for Transport and Roads
The NSW Government is set to introduce new laws to improve safety outcomes in the gig economy and food delivery industry.
Minister for Better Regulation Kevin Anderson said the new measures include ensuring riders are provided with personal protective equipment by food delivery platforms, the implementation of compulsory induction training and a new penalty system for riders to crackdown on repeated unsafe practices.
“These laws have come in the wake of a recent education and safety blitz that found continued widespread non-compliance with the state’s road and work health and safety laws,” Mr Anderson said.
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NSW Minister for Better Regulation Kevin Anderson says following a number of deaths, injuries and near misses on the roads, food delivery platforms will now have to follow strict safety compliance laws to ensure the safety of delivery riders.
The remarks come as all 10 recommendations in the NSW Government s Joint Taskforce in the Food Delivery Rider Safety report will be implemented to crackdown on unsafe practices by food delivery riders. The gig economy exploded through COVID and all of a sudden we saw lots of different people on lots of different transport delivering food at all hours of the night and there wasn t any rules or regulations around that, Mr Anderson told Sky News.
The proposed laws have been slammed by the Transport Workers’ Union, which fears the “targeting and punishment of exploited riders” will only add to the pressures they already face on the job.
The Transport Workers' Union has slammed the NSW Government's new food delivery laws, saying the targeting and punishment of exploited riders will add to.