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Ep 324: New laws targeting last mile delivery

Category: Business
Duration: 00:20:52
Publish Date: 2023-11-28 08:41:00
Description:

Roel Gevaers, Professor in Last Mile Logistics and Supply Chain, University of Antwerp, discusses new Belgian legislation targeting last mile parcel delivery.

  • Definition of parcel delivery companies under the new law
  • Obligations on delivery companies
  • Minimum payment rates
  • Intention behind this legislation
  • Past scandals in Belgian parcel delivery
  • Pay rates and social security payments
  • Lack of oversight in delivery sector
  • Complexity in the new legislation
  • Returns seem to be exempt from the regulations
  • Application to international companies delivering in Belgium
  • Increasing compliance costs for delivery operators
  • Huge administrative burden on small companies
  • Last mile costs
  • Out-of-home delivery
  • The political cycle
  • What will happen if other countries follow Belgium's lead?
 
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