DoLE takes action on Foodpanda scandal

LABOR Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd has ordered an investigation of the food delivery app provider Foodpanda in the wake of scandalous behavior on the company's part to ban 43 of its riders in Davao City after they took part in a protest action over changes to their payment scheme.

Bello's order is most timely, and his stated aim, that the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) should create a policy that will once and for all clarify the employment status of food delivery and similar workers, is something that should be accomplished as soon as possible.