Austria - Higher wage for bicycle messengers - December 31, 2022

The new collective agreement concluded by freight transport trade association in the Austrian Economic Chamber (WKÖ) and the trade union vida stipulates a wage increase of 8.6% for bicycle messengers and food delivery staff for 2023. The collective agreement started on 1 January 2023 and has a term of one year. From 2023, the monthly minimum gross salary for employed bicycle messengers will be € 1,730 for a 40-hour week. Around 4,500 bicycle messengers work in the sector throughout the country, 60% of them as freelancers. vida aims to combat bogus self-employment and to bring more bicycle messengers under the protective umbrella of the collective agreement. In September 2019, vida and the WKÖ had agreed on the world's first collective agreement for bicycle messengers and food deliverers.

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