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By Hou Cheng-hsu and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerIn a nationwide first, Kaohsiung is hoping to limit the daily number of hours a delivery driver can work, along with a suite of other regulations to manage the emerging sector.
In a nationwide first, Kaohsiung is hoping to limit the daily number of hours a delivery driver can work, along with a suite of other regulations to manage the emerging sector.
More than 44 percent of delivery drivers work for more than 12 hours a day, raising health and safety concerns, data provided by Taiwan Labor Front showed.
The Kaohsiung City Government has drafted an ordinance governing the sector that would set a 12-hour limit on daily working hours. Two days of rest would also be required every two weeks.
The ordinance states that delivery platform operators must pay a minimum of NT$3