The parcel law attacked before the Constitutional Court: what is it about?
The three federations of transport and logistics companies – Febetra, UPTR and TLV – are demanding the cancellation of the parcel law, the law “relating to the improvement of the working conditions of postal parcel deliverers“, a few days before its entry into force, writes L’Echo in its Saturday edition. An appeal was filed before the Constitutional Court against this law which is due to come into force on July 1.
According to the analysis of the federations, some 85% of their members should notify their activity to the BIPT and meet the new obligations provided for in this law. Although it was not them that the government’s bill was initially aimed at.
This project led by the Minister responsible for the Post Office Petra De Sutter aims to put an end to infringements of labor law and social security law in the express parcel distribution sector with, as main measures, the imposition of minimum remuneration and maximum driving times for delivery people.
To define the scope of the law, the legislator only retained a few criteria, including delivery to an address of packages weighing a maximum of 31.5 kilos. Points which are strongly criticized by the three carrier federations.
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