A third of food delivery workers need medical care after accident: Poll

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SINGAPORE - About a third of food delivery workers here have been in at least one accident that required medical attention, and those who worked longer hours and earned more were more likely to encounter a mishap. Of the 1,002 food delivery workers surveyed by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) in July and August, 16.1 per cent said they...

The poll found that 38.3 per cent of delivery riders who worked for 51 hours or more each week had met with at least one accident.SINGAPORE - About a third of food delivery workers here have been in at least one accident that required medical attention, and those who worked longer hours and earned more were more likely to encounter a mishap.

The IPS poll also found that 38.3 per cent of delivery riders who worked for 51 hours or more each week had met with at least one accident. An advisory committee, set up in 2021 by the Ministry of Manpower to better protect platform workers, has said that it is looking at whether the Work Injury Compensation Act can be applied to food delivery workers to provide greater financial protection for them when they are injured.

Said Dr Mathews: “Riders, we know, want to be responsible. But where there are concerns about wages and earnings, people sometimes may resort to different methods... It is important that platform companies find ways to reward those who follow the rules.”

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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