Family of Hungry Panda delivery rider killed at work awarded $834,000 in landmark decision

Family to receive compensation for death of Xiaojun Chen in what union says is first case where a gig economy worker has been considered an employee

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The family of a Happy Panda delivery rider killed in Sydney in 2020 will receive more than $800,000 under the NSW workers' compensation scheme, in what the union says is the first case where a gig economy worker has been considered an employee.

Xiaojun Chen was killed after being struck by a bus while riding his motorbike in the Sydney suburb of Zetland on 29 September 2020, while working for Hungry Panda.

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