The incidents have raised questions about the labor practices of the food delivery platforms. Most delivery workers are young and food delivery companies must not set unreasonable rules that ask young people to give up their lives for a little more money, he said. Authorities would use big data analysis to identify which food delivery companies have poor traffic records, which would be used as a criterion in inspections, he added. The other four consider their couriers to be employees and provided them with labor insurance, it said. Labor insurance is mandatory for all workers in Taiwan and compensates them for disabilities and deaths suffered on the job, and provides pensions after they retire.

Source: Taipei Times October 15, 2019 15:56 UTC