Overview
- Targeted checks of 57 subcontractors and one company between May and August found 59% with deficient work protection, while only 6% showed no relevant issues.
- Inspectors interviewed 225 couriers and found more than one third lacked digital time recording, with fueling, loading and vehicle care often not counted as working time.
- Couriers reported heavy workloads of roughly two tonnes moved per shift, and among 149 delivering items over 20 kg, 53 had no sack truck.
- Thirty‑nine firms certified under the Paketboten‑Schutz‑Gesetz still showed shortcomings, bolstering NRW’s claim that current federal safeguards are inadequate.
- Labour Minister Karl‑Josef Laumann calls for nationwide tamper‑proof electronic timekeeping and tighter limits on Werkverträge, warning of intensified inspections during the Advent peak.