Multi-measures of ＂Riders Entering Social Security＂ to Weave the Social Security Network for Workers with New Employment Forms
CCTV News:At present, there are more than 12 million online delivery agents registered on various platforms in China. Because of their flexibility and mobility, these riders often have no fixed labor relations and do not enjoy perfect social security. On February 19th, several platforms announced that they would pay social security for take-away riders.
JD.COM will pay "five insurances and one gold" for take-away full-time riders.
On the morning of February 19th, JD.COM announced that from March 1st, 2025, it will gradually pay "five insurances and one fund" including pension insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, work injury insurance, maternity insurance and housing accumulation fund for full-time take-away riders in JD.COM, and provide accident insurance and health insurance for part-time riders.
Xu Huijie, the person in charge of take-away products in JD.COM, said that for a long time, take-away riders have no pension insurance, medical insurance and housing accumulation fund. They have always hoped that the take-away delivery staff can get medical care, get a sense of old age, get compensation for their injuries, and have no worries. The relevant preparations are progressing rapidly and nervously.
Meituan is building a rider information system, which will be implemented gradually in the second quarter.
On February 19th, Meituan also said that in 2024, it has started to investigate the rider social security scheme, and will pay social security for full-time and stable part-time riders nationwide, which is expected to be gradually implemented in the second quarter of 2025.
Tian Ye, the head of the distribution rider protection of Meituan, said that they chose different regions and cities for in-depth research and formed a preliminary pilot program under the guidance of relevant departments. At present, the information system related to rider social security is being built. Riders get paid for their work, and the protection is more comprehensive, so that riders will feel more at ease when delivering meals, and they will respond more calmly when encountering difficulties.
Expert: It is good for workers to promote the benign development of the platform.
With the rapid development of instant delivery business, the team of online riders is also growing. This time, some platforms began to pay social security for them. Experts said that this is good news for workers and is also conducive to the benign development of the platform.
Experts believe that as a new form of employment, take-away riders have not established labor relations with the platform before, so they cannot enjoy the corresponding social security. This time, it is a great breakthrough for JD.COM and Meituan to pay social security for riders.
Zhang Chenggang, director of China New Employment Form Research Center, said that as a platform enterprise, it can also undertake the social security role that the enterprise should bear for workers. It also indirectly responds from practice, which is not completely in line with the question of whether such workers should pay social security after all. This is a great improvement in the protection of the labor rights and interests of foreign riders, and it also makes up for the lack of ways to pay social security for take-away riders in the past.
Experts believe that riders are highly mobile, so allowing them to enjoy stable social security will attract more people to stay for a long time, which will play a positive role in platform development and consumer services.
Zhang Chenggang said that it is equivalent to helping the platform save the cost of recruitment or training. After the rider’s rights and interests are guaranteed, his job satisfaction will be improved accordingly, and the service to consumers will definitely be improved in quality.
The number of workers in the new employment pattern has exceeded 84 million
Not only take-away riders, but with the rapid development of the platform economy, the number of new employment forms such as network car drivers, truck drivers and Internet marketers has increased significantly, and the number of employees has exceeded 84 million. In recent years, the state has also adopted various measures to weave a social security net for them in view of the new situation and new problems they are facing in social security.
Constantly weaving a social security network for workers with new employment forms
In 2021, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other departments issued the Guiding Opinions on Safeguarding the Labor Security Rights and Interests of Workers with New Employment Forms, which clearly stated that enterprises should guide and support workers with new employment forms who do not fully meet the conditions of establishing labor relations to participate in corresponding social insurance according to their own conditions.
In July 2022, China officially launched the pilot work of occupational injury protection for new employment forms. The pilot work was carried out in four industries: travel, take-away, instant delivery and freight transportation in seven provinces and cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Hainan, Chongqing and Sichuan, covering seven platform enterprises. At present, 10,379,900 people have been included in the insurance coverage.