CCTV News: At present, there are more than 12 million online delivery personnel registered on various platforms in my country. Because of their strong flexibility and mobility in their work, these riders often do not have a fixed labor relationship and cannot enjoy perfect social security. On February 19, many platforms announced that they would pay social security for takeaway riders. JD.com will pay "five insurances and one fund" for full-time takeaway riders

On the morning of February 19, JD.com announced that starting from March 1, 2025, it will gradually pay "five insurances and one fund" for full-time takeaway riders including pension insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, work-related injury insurance, maternity insurance and housing provident fund for full-time takeaway riders, providing accident insurance and health care insurance for part-time riders.

Xu Huijie, head of JD Takeaway Products, said that for a long time, takeaway riders have no pension insurance, medical insurance, and no housing provident fund. They have always hoped that takeaway delivery workers will have medical treatment, care for their elderly, and compensation for their injuries. There is no worries. The relevant preparations are being carried out quickly and intensively. Meituan is building a rider information system and gradually implemented in the second quarter

On February 19, Meituan also stated that it has begun to conduct research on rider social security plans in 2024, and will pay social security for full-time and stable part-time riders nationwide. It is expected that it will start to implement gradually in the second quarter of 2025.

Tian Ye, the head of Meituan Distribution Riders' Support, said that they chose different regions and cities for in-depth research, and formed a preliminary pilot plan under the guidance of relevant departments. At present, a information system related to riders' social security is being built. Riders get income from their work and provide more comprehensive protection, so that riders will feel more at ease when delivering food and will deal with difficulties more calmly. Experts: Benefits for workers and promotes the healthy development of the platform

With the booming development of instant delivery business, the team of online ride-hailing riders is becoming increasingly large. This time, some platforms began to pay social security for them. Experts said that this is good news for workers and is also conducive to the healthy development of the platform.

Experts believe that as a new form of employment, takeaway riders have not established labor relations with the platform before, so they cannot enjoy the corresponding social security. This time, JD.com and Meituan pay social security for riders is a major breakthrough in the industry.

Zhang Chenggang, director of the China New Employment Form Research Center, said that as a platform enterprise, it can also assume the part of the social security that enterprises should bear for paying for workers. It also indirectly responds from practice that it is not entirely suitable for the question of whether such workers who establish labor relations should pay social security. This is a huge improvement in the protection of labor rights and interests of takeaway riders, and it also makes up for the lack of social security payment methods for takeaway riders in the past.

Experts believe that riders have a high mobility, allowing them to enjoy stable social security will attract more people to stay for a long time, and will play a positive role in platform development and consumption services. Zhang Chenggang said that it is equivalent to helping the platform save the cost of recruitment or training. After the rider's rights are protected, his job satisfaction will also be improved accordingly. The quality of consumers' services will definitely be improved. The number of new employment forms of workers has exceeded 84 million

Not only takeaway riders, but with the rapid development of the platform economy, the number of new employment forms of workers including online ride-hailing drivers, truck drivers, Internet marketers has increased significantly, and the number of people employed has exceeded 84 million. In recent years, the country has also taken various measures to weave a tight social security network for them. Continuously weave a tight social security network for workers with new employment forms

In 2021, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other departments clearly stated that enterprises should guide and support workers with new employment forms that are not fully in line with the situation of establishing labor relations to participate in corresponding social insurance according to their own circumstances.

In July 2022, my country officially launched a pilot work on occupational injury protection for people with new employment forms. The pilot work is carried out in four industries: travel, takeout, instant delivery, and same-city freight in seven provinces and cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Hainan, Chongqing and Sichuan, covering 7 platform companies. At present, 10.3799 million people have been included in the insurance coverage.