Speed camera companies regularly break and evade laws and regulations that are intended to protect deliverers from high work pressure and bogus self-employment. The Labor Inspectorate concludes that a new report about working conditions at flash delivery services.
These often fall short, according to the Inspectorate. For example, the distribution centers of the delivery services are often located in old buildings that were not built as storage or warehouse. “Corridors are narrow, products difficult to reach,” concludes the inspectorate, which visited fourteen of these locations throughout the Netherlands. As a result, deliverers run the risk of falling and being too physically strained.
There are also dangers during the journey from such a distribution center to a delivery address. The promise of speed camera delivery, as the name suggests, is that groceries are delivered to the door in a short time. Deliverers of flash and meal delivery services experience a high workload as a result, the Social and Cultural Planning Bureau noted earlier.
The Labor Inspectorate underlines this, adding that delivery drivers run the risk of collisions, aggression and violence during the journey. In addition, the deliverers carry backpacks that cause a heavy load.
bogus self-employed
The report does not specify which flash services the inspection visited, but it is likely that it concerns Zapp, Getir, Gorrillas and Flink, the four flash delivery services in the Netherlands. According to the inspectorate, deliverers for these flash services work with various contracts, such as permanent contracts, temporary employment contracts and as a freelancer.
In their competition, the services try to lure customers with lots of advertisements and discounts for new users. NOS op 3 recently made this special about how much it costs flash deliverers to bring you in as a customer:
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