Motorists without insurance earn an average of S/1,500 per month

A report presented by the Peruvian Institute of Economics (IPE) in the second half of this year maintains that 65% of workers on urban mobility and delivery platforms that operate in our country consider that their income has reduced or remained the same since they began using these digital tools.

The study, which collects the experience of associates (a distinction is made with ‘workers’) of Cabify, Uber, Didi, Pedidosya, InDrive and Rappi, shows that The average monthly income was S/1,588 for delivery people and S/1,435 for drivers when it was their main economic activity.

This income corresponds to the liquid profits of the delivery person or transporter, deducting fuel expenses, the depreciation of the unit (motorcycle or car spare parts) and, if the unit is not their own, the rent. In contrast, the aforementioned companies have multiplied their income year after year in Peru: in 2022 alone, annual sales through delivery platforms totaled S/2.1 billion in total (equivalent to 0.22% of GDP ).

In this period, an average of 117,000 daily deliveriesalmost triple that in 2020, when the confinement boom began.

This record growth is due, in part, to the fact that the number of users has more than doubled in the last year: nearly 2 million users were registered, 8% of the Peruvian population aged 15 years or older.

Proof of this is that the average number of dealers In Peru it went from 23,000 in 2021 to 31,000 in 2022 (35% more members, and 182% more than the 11,000 registered in 2020). Of the total number of delivery drivers surveyed, 82% are concentrated in Limaaccording to the IPE.

Not everyone wins

The companies that operate as allies of the aforementioned platforms have also multiplied their income. Common businesses such as chicken shops, clothing stores or pharmacies have quadrupled their presence in applications since the pandemic.

In 2022, the sales of allies through these means amounted to S/1,360 million, 31% of the total they obtained in that year. That is, almost a third of their sales were made with a platform and reached their destination with an ‘associate’. It seems like a win-win business, but it’s not.

Alejandra Dinegro, director of Observatory Platforms Peru, denounces that the congresswoman’s bill Susel Paredeswhich regulates and grants labor rights in the sector, cannot go to Plenary since July because the second opinion of the Economy Commission (then led by Barbarán). Labor did give the go-ahead, although against time.

Meanwhile, the motorized workers are seeking to unionize. They submitted their application on August 23 and have been rejected three times by MTPE so far.

“Perhaps the conditions are not met. There is also a trap at the level of the author, who has not followed up on the law, as Congresswoman Bazán did,” says Dinegro.

Motorized in the line of labor exclusion in Peru

The joint opinion of PL 018, 842 and 1536 proposes that delivery drivers be insured in Essalud and in a pension system, and receive payment for their service. Rates would be regulated by MTC and MTPE and health insurance not only when the service is provided, but also before and after.

60% of the motorized vehicles that operate in Peru are Venezuelans. In the case of transporters, the number of foreigners behind the wheel reaches 12%, according to the IPE.

How much can a person earn per hour? motorized in Peru? According to IPE, the average income was S/4.60 in Lima between 2022 and 2023.

Only 2 of 10 platforms that operate in our country achieved a point (out of a total of 10), according to preliminary data from the ‘I Fairwork Peru Report’, which qualifies them based on five fair work principles. Study is presented next week.

Keys

• Journeys. A driver works, on average, between 10 and 14 hours a day, seven days a week, according to a survey by the Platforms Observatory.
• Routes. The use of digital platforms remains concentrated in Lima. According to IPE figures, four out of every five trips or deliveries provided take place in our capital.