{"id":10429,"date":"2021-02-11T17:56:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T17:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=10429"},"modified":"2021-02-11T17:56:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T17:56:05","slug":"new-guidelines-to-boost-delivery-driver-safety-in-nsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/new-guidelines-to-boost-delivery-driver-safety-in-nsw\/","title":{"rendered":"New guidelines to boost delivery driver safety in NSW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Draft guidelines have been released for industry consultation to provide better protection for workers in New South Wales (NSW) in the food delivery industry.<\/p>\n<p>The guidelines outline existing hazards in the industry, such as poorly maintained bikes, fatigue and extreme weather conditions, and the actions that must be taken by delivery platforms, drivers and restaurants to mitigate the risks.<\/p>\n<p>The guidelines have been developed by the Gig Economy Joint Taskforce, led by SafeWork NSW and Transport for NSW. The Taskforce was established to investigate a number of food delivery rider fatalities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny life lost on our roads is one too many,\u201d said Minister for Transport and Roads Andrew Constance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know these food delivery riders are some of our most vulnerable road users. We want to do everything we can to guarantee they have the proper protections in place and ensure a day at work doesn\u2019t end in tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Taskforce\u2019s Final Report and recommendations are due to be provided to Government in April. More information on the work of the Taskforce, is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safework.nsw.gov.au\/compliance-and-prosecutions\/joint-taskforce-food-delivery-rider-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Draft guidelines have been released for industry consultation to provide better protection for workers in New South Wales (NSW) in the food delivery industry. The guidelines outline existing hazards in the industry, such as poorly maintained bikes, fatigue and extreme weather conditions, and the actions that must be taken by delivery platforms, drivers and restaurants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":10430,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-driving-for-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}