Alibaba’s Ele.me becomes China’s first delivery platform to sign collective contracts on wages, labor safety with staff
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Alibaba’s Ele.me becomes China’s first delivery platform to sign collective contracts on wages, labor safety with staff
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Alibaba’s Ele.me becomes China’s first delivery platform to sign collective contracts on wages, labor safety with staff

 

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Alibaba’s food delivery platform Ele.me has became China’s first delivery platform to sign collective contracts on wages and labour safety with its staff.

The contracts will apply to 3 million workers on the platform across 11,000 delivery stations in China, according to state-backed Workers’ Daily.

The contracts fully addressed workers’ biggest issues such as labour remuneration, protection and insurance benefits and Ele.me and service providers are also required to improve communication channels with food delivery couriers, it said.

Ele.me’s move came after Chinese Premier Li Qiang and state planner NDRC recently pledged more support to the platform economy, a strong signal that years-long crackdown on its tech industry is over. Platform companies were phrased for their contribution to China’s technological innovation, job creation and international competitiveness and urged to play a more active role.