Delivery Hero does not want to pay a standard wage

The new DAX member Delivery Hero apparently does not pay a collective wage and tried to prevent the formation of works councils. There is trouble from politics.

Poor working conditions apparently prevail at Delivery Hero. Business Insider

reports about negative experiences of former employees of the company. According to the report, Delivery Hero does not pay a collectively agreed wage and the drivers of the delivery platform have little co-determination rights. In Germany, the probably group tried to prevent works councils from forming. In the end, employees would have had to successfully sue for their right to employee representation.

To Business Insider , CEO Niklas Östberg literally said, "There is always a way to come to an agreement. Especially through individual salary negotiations. I'm not a fan of collective wages." Members of the Bundestag are outraged and attack Östberg. Fabio de Masi (Die Linke) wrote on Twitter, "Mr Östberg has got something wrong. Collective bargaining is not a dessert you order from the pizza service because you are a 'fan'. Labour has its price. After all, I have to pay at the restaurant too!" Danyal Bayaz (The Greens) calls for collective bargaining coverage and compliance with sustainability criteria, especially for DAX corporations. "Employee co-determination is not a 'nice to have', but a pillar of our social market economy," the Green MP told Business Insider

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The government is already planning legislation to improve the co-determination rights of couriers. A corresponding key point plan has already been presented by Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) and Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD), but still needs to be agreed upon by the federal cabinet and the coalition factions.