【美国】沃尔玛要求员工通勤途中运送包裹

Walmart asks staff todeliver packages on their commute home

Asking employees to go above and beyond outside ofworking hours is always an area of trepidation, but if their commute home couldget them some extra pay they may just take up the offer.

Employees at Walmart can testify, as they have beenenlisted to deliver online orders on their way home from work, in the face ofgrowing competition from Amazon.

The Washington Post reports that Walmart executivessaid the cost-saving method made sense, considering that 90% of Americans livewithin 10 miles of a Walmart store.

The retail giant has said the program is a way foremployees to earn extra money, however, labour experts say the 'gig economy'style program raises questions related to employee responsibility over the riskcost and liability associated with deliveries.

"The practice seems ripe for abuse if the company doesnot compensate workers for the full cost of their journey, the expenses relatedto gas, car depreciation, and potential problems like accidents, tickets orparking expenses," comments Stephanie Luce, a Labour Professor at the CityUniversity of New York. "Like other 'gig economy' type jobs, there is apotential to benefit workers - but most of the benefits accrue to the employer,not the employee."

要求员工在工作时间之外完成额外工作总是令人担忧的，但如果他们可以得到一些额外的工资，他们也可能接受在通勤路途上的额外工作。

沃尔玛的员工可以证明他们已经被要求在下班回家的路上交付网上订单，以应对来自亚马逊日益激烈的竞争。

《华盛顿邮报》报道，考虑到90％的美国人都生活在距离沃尔玛商店 10英里内，沃尔玛高管这一节省成本的方法是有道理的。

该零售业巨头表示，该计划是员工赚取额外工资的一种方式，但是劳工专家认为，该"零工经济"风格的计划会引发与员工责任相关的风险成本和与交付相关的责任问题。

纽约市立大学劳工学教授Stephanie Luce说："如果公司没有支付工人的全部费用，包括汽油费用、汽车贬值以及潜在问题例如事故、车票或停车费等，这种做法似乎并不成熟。像其他零工经济类型的工作一样，有可能会使员工受益，且大部分的收益是雇主的，而不是雇员的。"

（翻译：毛毓郁）

https://www.hrgrapevine.com/content/article/news-2017-06-02-walmart-asks-employees-to-deliver-packages-on-their-commutes-home-for-cash