Date
5 March 2021

Tag

Active

Countries
Denmark, Finland, Non-EU Non-EU
Geographical scope
Cross-border
Type
  • Type

    COVID-19 (voluntary)

    Voluntary

Description

During the COVID-19 crisis, Wolt has introduced various supports for their food delivery riders.

In detail, Wolt have provided:

  • Stricter hygiene and safety guidelines for riders and restaurants;
  • 10,000 bottles of hand sanitiser for Wolt riders globally;
  • Virtual onboarding to riders who are new to the platform;
  • Financial assistance to riders who are diagnosed with COVID-19, or who are put into mandatory quarantine by the public health officials and medical practitioners;
  • Free accident insurance for Wolt riders in Finland, Norway, Denmark;
  • Reimbursement to the riders who have purchased their own protective equipment, including hand sanitiser, soap and gloves

Additional metadata

Keywords
social protection, health and safety, COVID-19
Actors
Platform
Sector
Transportation and storage
Platforms
Wolt

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2021), Wolt’s COVID-19 support for riders (Initiative), Record number 2772, Platform Economy Database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/platformeconomydb/wolts-covid19-support-for-riders-103729.