What does chain liability mean for parcel delivery?
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In parcel delivery you work with many self-employed couriers and many third-country nationals — and as the principal you can be held jointly liable for illegal employment by your direct (sub)contractor; further down the chain only if you knew about it in advance. With ChainSafe you collect and verify signed compliance declarations from your whole delivery chain, in one click and with no account.
Parcel delivery runs on many self-employed couriers and many third-country nationals, spread across long subcontracting chains — and as the principal you can be held jointly liable for illegal employment by your direct (sub)contractor; further down the chain only if you knew about it in advance. Loose paper attestations give you no view of who is in order. The duty of care applies to parcel delivery, except for delivery with a vehicle that must carry a tachograph.
With a signed compliance declaration you record compliance with your obligations once, share it up and down the chain — straight to your partner’s VAT number or as a pdf on your own letterhead with the verification link built in — and every recipient checks it in one click. Paper can be forged; the verification page cannot. ChainSafe promises no protection against penalties, but makes your diligence demonstrable and documented.
- Take the free self-test and find out in a few minutes whether chain liability applies to you.
- For the legislation itself, see chain-liability.be.