Lieferando is improving its employment standards: The delivery service announced on Monday that it had increased the wages for its around 10,000 couriers and was expanding their equipment with the option of a company smartphone and bicycle. The guaranteed hourly wage should increase from the current national average of 10.50 euros to 11 euros. This enables earnings of up to 18 euros per hour, including bonuses, digital tips and flat rates. So far, this maximum value was 16.50 euros.
The increased base payment has been in effect since January 1st. According to the company, it gives Lieferando drivers almost ten percent higher earnings. This applies regardless of “how much they deliver, whether they are waiting for an order, are on sick leave or on vacation”. The guaranteed wage level is already higher than that of service staff in restaurants, for example. In general, this would “continue to make significantly higher average earnings” possible. Lieferando drivers had asked for 15 euros per hour during protests in Nuremberg in November. In November of last year, the Federal Labor Court obliged delivery services to provide bicycles and mobile phones as work equipment – or to pay compensation for the use of their own devices.
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