Zhou Kaixuan became the third takeout diner who died in car accident in a month. (Times)
One chinese rider was killed on the way to deliver takeout in downtown melbourne following the car accident of chinese diner chen xiaojun (Xiaojun Chen), who died last month in the sydney-based chinese gathering area of zetland (Zetland), where he was killed.
On saturday evening around 7 p.m., a 36-year-old malaysian chinese man, zhou kaixuan (Chow Khai Shien), DoorDash into his electric that police say hit his electric car as he delivered a meal to the american take-out giant.
During the next 24 hours, Zhou's family lost contact with him and did not see him on the social media platform, raising concerns.
"He was alone in Melbourne ," wrote his sister in Facebook fb... We were all worried. "
According to Zhou's family, they waited more than a day to learn about Zhou's fate and death.
Police confirmed Tuesday that Saturday's victims were a 36-year-old man from Malaysia. Women drivers in their 20s are now charged with offences such as reckless endangerment of life death 、 theft of motor vehicles, for driving culpably driving in violation of the law.
The transport workers' union (Transport Workers Union) has reported the death of mr zhou to the state's WorkSafe Victoria security agency. A trade union has been lobbying for sick leave, salary increases, mandatory training and security equipment for workers in the "odd jobs economic" field.
Just before the death of Zhou Kaixuan, two diners in Sydney —— Freddie (Dede Fredy) of Uber (Uber) and Chen Xiaojun of Panda takeout (Hungry Panda) died in two car accident in late September.
According to the report, DoorDash、 excellent food and panda takeout delivery staff are not among the employees, only as "independent contractors ". This means that they have the flexibility to choose when and where to work, but do not enjoy sick leave, paid leave, and are not eligible for compensation from compliant workers.
"The company has little duty to pay attention to them (duty of care), so that when a rider dies, his family needs more than 24 hours to be notified ," the union's secretary-general, John Berger, accused. The idea is disgusting. "
DoorDash speaker confirmed that Zhou was the company's delivery staff. "And we are deeply saddened by the loss of DoorDash diners in the Melbourne region, and our hearts are with his friends and loved ones. "
speaker also said DoorDash were trying to reach out to his family to pay for the funeral and other economic support.
Zhou also worked for the platform, but his account was not active until his death.
Vizhou government is consulting on plans for stricter regulation of "part-time economic" law.
Last month, a survey by the trade union of transport workers showed that the average hourly wage for Australian diners was only A $10.42. Seventy-three percent said they couldn't afford bills and groceries. Concerns about serious injuries or death at work also reached 73 per cent.
Thirty-six percent of respondents were already injured at work. Up to 81% of them did not receive support from their companies.
