*Ehailing drivers floored by ‘unreasonable’ fares*

PETALING JAYA: The government’s decision to not set a floor price for ehailing fares could lead to companies taking advantage of their charges and eventually affecting the welfare of gig workers, say ehailing groups.

Malaysian E-Hailing Association chief activist Jose Rizal said he was concerned that ehailing companies might abuse travel fares to attract more customers at the expense of gig workers’ income

“If there is no floor price, companies which are in competition with each other may be tempted to reduce their fares to attract more customers,” he said when contacted yesterday.

On Tuesday, Transport Minister Anthony Loke told the Dewan Rakyat that there were no immediate plans to set a floor price for each ehailing ride or to regulate these fares.

He said any proposal to set the ehailing floor price would be a complicated process, adding that it might lead to an increase in fares for users.

However, Jose said many ehailing riders were dissatisfied with the “unreasonable” rates set by companies as this had led to big losses for them.

Currently, drivers earn between 50sen and 70sen per km, or 25sen to 35sen per minute.

Jose also claimed that the Land Public Transport Agency (Apad) did not have a proper system to regulate fares in ehailing apps.

As such, he suggested the Communications and Digital Ministry might be the better authority to handle this issue.

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Untuk pengetahuan umum, GEM telah menggunakan beberapa saluran media atas talian untuk menyatakan bantahan terhadap kenyataan yang dibuat YB Menteri Pengangkutan Malaysia (MoT) di Dewan Rakyat baru-baru ini.

Di bawah adalah pautan untuk saluran media atas talian untuk rujukan umum

GEM sentiasa komited untuk memperjuangkan hak dan nasib pemandu e hailing di Malaysia agar mendapat pembelaan sewajarnya. GEM akan terus menekan pihak kerajaan terutamanya YB Menteri untuk memastikan isu tambang lantai ini diambil serius oleh pihak Kementerian Pengangkutan.

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✅️*Malaysian E-hailing Drivers Demand Government Action on Low Wage Rates*
https://bnn.network/world/malaysia/malaysian-e-hailing-drivers-demand-government-action-on-low-wage-rates/

✅️ *Kementerian Pengangkutan didesak akui kelemahan dalam mengawal ...*
https://themerdekatimes.com/news/2023/11/kementerian-pengangkutan-didesak-akui-kelemahan-dalam-mengawal-selia-industri-e-hailing/

✅️ *Kenyataan Loke sinis, isu kadar upah tak masuk akal bukan dibuat-buat*
https://www.bharian.com.my/amp/berita/nasional/2023/11/1177105/kenyataan-loke-sinis-isu-kadar-upah-tak-masuk-akal-bukan-dibuat-buat

✅️ *Kenyataan Anthony Loke disifat tidak bertanggungjawab*
https://www.utusan.com.my/nasional/2023/11/kenyataan-anthony-loke-disifat-tidak-bertanggungjawab/

l✅️ *eave industry regulation to the experts', e-hailing groups tell Loke*
https://www.nst.com.my/amp/news/nation/2023/11/978600/wage-rates-real-problem-leave-industry-regulation-experts-e-hailing

✅️ *Isu kadar upah e-hailing tidak masuk akal bukanya dibuat-buat - Motoqar*
https://www.motoqar.com/2023/94660/isu-kadar-upah-e-hailing-tidak-masuk-akal-bukanya-dibuat-buat.html

✅️ *Ehailing drivers floored by 'unreasonable' fares | The Star*
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/11/17/ehailing-drivers-floored-by-unreasonable-fares

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23 November 2023 (Khamis)

KUNJUNGAN HORMAT, PERBINCANGAN DAN SERAHAN MEMORANDUM
SEKRETARIAT, GABUNGAN EHAILING MALAYSIA (GEM) KEPADA YANG
BERHORMAT TUAN V. SIVAKUMAR MENTERI SUMBER MANUSIA

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E-HAILING DRIVERS ARE NOT EMPLOYEES, COURT REAFFIRMS

Panel says a workman, as defined by the Industrial Relations Act 1967, is someone who is engaged through a contract of service.

V Anbalagan - 27 Nov 2023, 2:33pm

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal today affirmed that an e-hailing driver is not a workman, as defined by the Industrial Relations Act 1967, in dismissing a woman’s appeal for the industrial court to hear her unfair dismissal case.

A three-member bench, chaired by Justice Azizah Nawawi alongside Justices See Mee Chun and Zaini Mazlan, said a workman, as defined by the Act, is someone who is engaged through a contract of service.

Full story:
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/11/27/court-of-appeal-affirms-that-e-hailing-drivers-are-not-employees/