CCTV News:Seven departments, including the Ministry of Transport, the State Post Bureau, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, jointly issued the Opinions on Doing a Good Job in Safeguarding the Legal Rights and Interests of Courier Groups.
For couriers, they are more concerned about the employment form, wage income and work-related injury insurance of enterprises. At the press conference of the State Post Bureau on the 8th, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said that it would promote express delivery companies to participate in social insurance and strengthen labor security supervision.
The "Opinions" proposes to encourage express delivery companies to directly employ workers and increase the proportion of their own employees. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security will intensify labor security supervision and urge express delivery enterprises to employ workers in compliance with laws and regulations.
Yan Liu, Deputy Director of the Labor Relations Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security:Conclude a labor contract with the hired courier according to law, pay social insurance, pay wages in full and on time, and implement the main responsibility of the employer. Timely investigate and deal with illegal acts such as arrears of wages by express delivery companies, and earnestly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of couriers.
Yan Liu said that the express delivery industry is an industry with flexible employment and high mobility, and the participation rate of social insurance is not high, especially for couriers who suffer from accidents at work. In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Social Insurance Law, the Opinions require that for grassroots express outlets with flexible employment and high mobility, work-related injury insurance premiums can be calculated and paid according to the average wage level or turnover ratio of employees in urban units with full caliber in the region, and priority should be given to work-related injury insurance.
Yan Liu, Deputy Director of the Labor Relations Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security:This provision improves the calculation and payment method of work-related injury insurance premiums, which is conducive to dispersing the work-related injury risks of express delivery enterprises and strengthening the work-related injury protection of couriers at grassroots outlets.
On the 8th, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions said at the press conference on policy release and interpretation held by the State Post Bureau that it is necessary to actively promote the construction of rights protection mechanism for courier groups and strengthen rights protection and services.
According to the data from the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, at present, ten express delivery enterprises in China have established trade union organizations according to law, and the membership rate of their own employees is over 70%, while the membership rate of employees of labor outsourcing and joining express delivery enterprises is less than 40%. The ACFTU will issue relevant guidance in the near future to organize and stabilize the express workers to the maximum extent, and carry out rights protection and services through organization.
Huang Jingping, Vice Chairman of China National Defense Posts and Telecommunications Union:We actively guide the trade unions of express delivery enterprises to make an offer to the enterprise administration on a regular basis, negotiate on an equal footing and sign a collective contract on the salary and salary increase of express delivery employees and the maintenance of the special rights and interests of female employees. At present, the top ten express delivery companies have established a collective negotiation system.
In addition, ACFTU and occupational skill testing authority, the State Post Bureau, jointly launched a vocational skills competition, and recommended and awarded the May 1st Labor Medal to the players who won the first prize, so as to guide express delivery workers to achieve better development through skill upgrading.