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Deaths in Australia highlight pandemic plight of delivery riders
Australian and New Zealand app Menulog last month moved toward treating its Australian delivery riders as employees
By Andrew Leeson
May 12, 2021 06:19 BST
Lockdown-fuelled demand for take-out meals has brought throngs of new delivery riders onto streets around the world, but in Australia the boom has also seen tragedy with a spate of road deaths highlighting the plight of couriers.
As many industries ground to a halt last year, millions lost their jobs and others were asked to work from home, 43-year-old Xiaojun Chen was among the legions of couriers who rushed out on the job.
Myanmar Junta’s Internet Blackout Leaves Food Delivery Riders Struggling to Survive
A rider from GrabFood is seen in downtown Yangon in March 2020. / The Irrawaddy
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By The Irrawaddy 19 April 2021
Foodpanda rider Ko Myo Myint Maung used to make a decent income that enabled him to support his family, which includes his wife, mother and younger brother, even when the COVID-19 pandemic badly affected Myanmar last year. But he has been out of the work for the last two and half months because of the junta’s mobile internet blackout that followed their Feb.1 coup.
Now Ko Myo Myint Maung cannot afford to buy the medicine his mother needs or supplements for his two-month old daughter.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Employers especially those in the food delivery service should pay close attention to the safety of their employees, says Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.
The Alliance for Safe Community chairman said such employers or companies should adopt ISO39001, which is a global standard for the road traffic safety management. The system is important as it symbolises the commitment of companies in managing road traffic safety for their employees. Road traffic safety management should be the responsibility of the employer or organisation. it should not be left to the employee alone, he said when contacted on Monday (April 5).
Lee said ISO39001 is a form of guideline to help prevent and reduce the risk of road related deaths or serious injuries.