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HKFP
01-07-2025
- Politics
- HKFP
Hong Kong delivery workers' rights group ceases operations
A labour rights group for delivery workers has ceased operations after local media reported that Hong Kong lawmakers had been cautioned against discussing platform workers' rights. Without providing a reason, the Riders' Rights Concern Group announced on Monday evening that it would cease operations effective immediately. The posts appeared on Facebook and Instagram before their social media pages became inaccessible. The labour group is part of the Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee, a non-government pressure group. The announcement came just days after an opinion piece in the Hong Kong Economic Journal suggesting that lawmakers had been warned not to discuss four issues, including delivery workers' rights. It is unclear whether the warnings came from the local authorities. HKFP has reached out to the government for comment. The concern group has campaigned for delivery workers' rights and lobbied for strengthened legal protections since 2021. The concern group supported foodpanda strikes over wage cuts in 2022 and assisted workers for the delivery company Zeek after it shut down in 2023. It also warned of further exploitation in the industry after UK food delivery company Deliveroo announced its exit from the Hong Kong market in March. Some lawmakers in the city's opposition-free legislature, including Lam Chun-sing, chair of the Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions, have called for the creation of a third legal category recognising the hybrid status of delivery workers. Following strikes by delivery workers earlier this year, labour and welfare chief Chris Sun last month told lawmakers that the Hong Kong government will introduce a proposal this year to enhance the rights and benefits of digital platform workers. Couriers for Keeta have been staging a series of protests across Hong Kong since late April demanding better treatment from the delivery platform.
South China Morning Post
07-04-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Deliveroo riders to take legal action over compensation as platform exits Hong Kong
A group of couriers said they would file claims against Deliveroo after the food delivery platform failed to give them any compensation as the company exited the Hong Kong market on Monday. Advertisement The Riders' Rights Concern Group said the 16 couriers were among an estimated 12,000 riders who were not given any employee entitlements by Deliveroo, as they were considered self-employed workers. London-based Deliveroo announced it was closing down in Hong Kong after a nine-year run, with certain assets to be sold to rival Foodpanda. The platform said in the announcement it had appointed two liquidators and pledged to offer employees an enhanced redundancy payment going beyond statutory requirements. But the riders' group said only 200 workers formerly employed by Deliveroo were entitled to the compensation. Advertisement 'For such a large-scale platform, to our surprise, it did not mention a word about how to handle all of its couriers and only told them to go to Foodpanda, bye-bye,' programme officer Justine Lam said. About 25 workers had sought help from the group since last month, Lam said. Among them, 16 had filed complaints to the Labour Department and planned to file claims against Deliveroo at the Labour Tribunal next week.
