The State Post Bureau stated today (December 8) that the annual business volume of express delivery exceeded 100 billion pieces. It is inseparable from the hard work of couriers. The State Post Bureau will continue to improve the reasonable labor compensation mechanism of couriers and improve social security measures to strengthen the rights and interests of couriers. Assure.
Data show that the number of employees in my country’s postal express industry has exceeded 4 million. In June this year, seven departments including the State Post Bureau and the Ministry of Transport jointly issued the “Opinions on Doing a Good Job in Protecting the Legal Rights and Interests of the Courier Group.” At present, eight provinces including Chongqing, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, and Shanxi have issued implementation plans for ensuring the legal rights and interests of the courier group.
Bian Zuodong, Deputy Director of the Market Supervision Department of the State Post Bureau:We also issued administrative instructions to the headquarters of 10 brand express companies, and conducted “one-to-one” administrative interviews with 6 franchised express companies, and proposed the development of implementation plans, increased terminal delivery fees, and reduced service-related fines. And other specific requirements, and take effective measures to supervise the implementation.
Bian Zuodong said that the State Post Bureau is instructing the China Express Association to compile the “Standards for Courier Labor Quota” and “Guidelines for the Accounting of End-of-Express Delivery Expenses”, which will be rolled out nationwide on the basis of pilot projects in some provinces and cities.
Bian Zuodong, Deputy Director of the Market Supervision Department of the State Post Bureau:Continuously improve the social security rights and interests of couriers, on the one hand, we must encourage express companies to increase the proportion of direct employment and sign labor relations; on the other hand, promote more qualified basic-level outlets to take priority in work injury insurance. We will also work with the All-China Federation of Trade Unions to promote the establishment of trade union organizations in express delivery companies to better protect the rights of express delivery brothers.
In addition, the State Post Bureau is working to revise the “Express Market Management Measures” and the “Express Service” national standards, and further clarify the management responsibilities of the corporate headquarters through the improvement of the regulatory and standard system. Implement emergency rectification and conduct a capability review for those directly responsible for serious abnormalities such as large numbers of couriers leaving their posts due to poor implementation.
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