Gyeonggi Job Creation Foundation and Gyeonggi Province Co., Ltd. Join Hands for 'Delivery Express'

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Park No-hun] On the 26th, the Gyeonggi Job Creation Foundation and Gyeonggi Province Co., Ltd. held a business agreement signing ceremony at the Pangyo Startup Campus with ten attendees including Je Yun-gyung, CEO of the Gyeonggi Job Creation Foundation, and Lee Seok-hun, CEO of Gyeonggi Province Co., Ltd., to activate the provincial public delivery app 'Delivery Express' and improve the working environment for platform delivery workers.

Gyeonggi Province's 'Delivery Express' is a mobile public delivery app developed and operated by Gyeonggi Province Co., Ltd. to reduce commission burdens on small business owners in the food sector and establish fair market order.

Pilot service is scheduled to begin on December 1st.

The two organizations agreed to actively cooperate through the agreement on ▲promoting Delivery Express to merchants and consumers ▲improving labor conditions and safety issues for 'Delivery Riders,' who are platform workers, and related matters.

'Delivery Riders' are delivery drivers of operators linked with Delivery Express. Recently, demand for delivery drivers continues to increase, but issues such as delivery drivers not receiving compensation for traffic accidents that occur during work have emerged as a social problem, leaving them in a blind spot of welfare.

The foundation and the company plan to explore detailed measures to address these issues in the future.

Je Yun-gyung, CEO of the Gyeonggi Job Creation Foundation, said, "We hope this agreement will serve as a good opportunity to establish a social safety net for platform workers, whose numbers are rapidly increasing due to changes in the social environment such as COVID-19."

Lee Seok-hun, CEO of Gyeonggi Province Co., Ltd., said, "Through this agreement, we look forward to both organizations successfully operating Gyeonggi Province's public delivery app and continuing to contribute to local economic revitalization for both residents and platform workers."