More sources from "Vremen" who deliver food for Walt say that Russian nationals have been banned without explanation from continuing to work as delivery people.
In this food delivery company-application, they said that the decision was not made by them, but possibly by their partners, which they cannot reveal.
However, from one of the intermediary companies in the employment of delivery drivers in Serbia, we were told that they received advice from Walt on who to hire and who not.
"In principle, it's not only Russians, lest anyone think... Neither are Ukrainians." Most of them are employed from Pakistan, Bangladesh..."
In this brokerage firm, we were told unofficially that the reason is the demand for cheaper labor.
Also, as stated by this company, another large delivery company, Glovo, generally employs only cheaper labor, and even avoids local delivery companies.
A worker cannot be rejected on the basis of nationality
Mario Reljanović, president of the Association of the Center for Dignified Work, tells "Vreme" that Walt can be sued by workers or the commissioner for the protection of equality, even though nowhere on paper does it say that he does not employ Russians or anyone else, but that it is "only" an informal practice.
He adds that, when it comes to foreign citizens, who have a permanent residence here or already work for an employer and do not want to change jobs, then they have same position as domestic workers.
"If we are talking about a worker who is already on the Serbian labor market, regardless of the fact that he is a foreign citizen, he cannot be rejected just because he is a citizen of a certain country," concluded Reljanović.
The delivery man who spoke to "Vreme" said that more and more people from India and Sri Lanka are delivering for Volt, who have a fixed salary and cannot refuse any order.
"10, 15 of them are crammed into one apartment, they get food, but they have to work for 12 hours every day without exception, and the salary is fixed, about 60.000 dinars," said our interlocutor.
Triangle of responsibility
Technology companies such as Glovo, Wolt, MisterD, Yandex hire delivery people through agencies, or "logistics partners", who hire them.
Currently, only through these "partners" can a future delivery person register on the platform and start working.
After the delivery person enters into an employment contract, which can be in the form of an employment contract or a temporary and casual (TP) job, he takes over the equipment, starts his vehicle and begins to "learn the trade".
Deliveries with an employment contract enjoy the protection of the Labor Law, while others, with a PP work contract, have a smaller scope of protection, because they are not considered employees.
In order to perform their duties, some deliverymen have to establish an entrepreneurial company, they have a pure obligation relationship and therefore do not enjoy any rights under the Labor Law.
In the platform-intermediary agency-delivery triangle, workers often have neither when nor how to exercise their right to annual vacation, paid sick leave, maternity or paternity leave, access to health and social insurance.
