Date
1 February 2021

Tag

Active

Country
Italy Italy
Geographical scope
Local
Type
  • Type

    Code of conduct, standards

    Voluntary

Description

In November 2020, the Municipality of Bologna intended to launch a screening campaign known as ‘Safety Delivery initiative’ among riders who find themselves working harder precisely with the restrictions on travel connected to the COVID-19 emergency, with the aim of protecting their health and safety. The initiative was promoted by the signatories of the Bologna Charter, together with the support from trade unions including the Italian General Confederation of Labour (Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro, CGIL), the Italian Confederation of Workers’ Trade Unions (Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori, CISL), the Italian Labour Union (UIL), Riders Union, and platforms including My Menu, and Domino’s Pizza. Meanwhile, the Ethical Delivery and Just Eat platforms have helped to communicate and disseminate the initiative to their riders. On 11 December 2020, the ‘Safety Delivery’ initiative started to conduct a health screening of all the food delivery workers operating in Bologna. The test was offered on a free and voluntary basis, carried out by the Local Health Authority of Bologna (Azienda Sanitaria Locale, ASL). The initiative is expected to be extended from Bologna to the entire logistics sector and other productive sectors in Italy later.

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Additional metadata

Keywords
health and safety, COVID-19
Actors
Platform, Employee organisation
Sector
Transportation and storage

Citation

Eurofound (2021), Safety Delivery initiative (Initiative), Record number 2886, Platform Economy Database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/platformeconomydb/safety-delivery-initiative-103351.