Legal Regulation Suggestions for Protecting the Labor Rights and Interests of Food Delivery Riders under the Food Delivery Platform Model

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jel.202514605

Author(s)

Xibin Guan, Furui Jing, Yiqi Wang

Affiliation(s)

School of Law, Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning, China

Abstract

This paper explores the issue of protecting the labor rights and interests of food delivery riders. Firstly, it analyzes their diverse and complex employment forms, including exclusive delivery, crowdsourced delivery, and the illegal form of individual industrial and commercial households adopted to evade liabilities. Secondly, it points out three core rights and interests dilemmas: infringement of rest and leave rights, lack of social security and insufficient commercial insurance coverage, and difficulty in safeguarding rights due to irregular labor contract signing. Finally, it puts forward legal regulation suggestions, including improving the supervision of rest time and leave protection, clarifying the platform's obligation to pay social security and promoting the popularization of commercial insurance, and strengthening the substantive determination of labor relations and contract supervision. These measures aim to protect the rights and interests of food delivery riders and promote the healthy development of the platform economy.

Keywords

Food Delivery Riders; Labor Rights and Interests; Legal Regulation Suggestions; Platform Employment; Determination of Labor Relations

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