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Brazil Pushes New Rules for App Workers as Uber Challenges Minister

Industry backlash and a likely lower pay floor in Congress threaten the plan.

Entregadores acusam Guilherme Boulos, ministro de Lula, de instrumentalizar lideranças para fins eleitorais
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Overview

  • Uber sent an extrajudicial notice to minister Guilherme Boulos disputing his claims of platform-driven disinformation and demanding evidence, and Boulos said the company will not intimidate the government.
  • The congressional drafter of the app-work bill, deputy Augusto Coutinho, has signaled he will keep a R$8.50 minimum per delivery, which puts the government’s higher R$10 target at risk.
  • The Justice Ministry’s consumer agency ordered apps to show on each receipt how much goes to the platform, the worker, and the merchant, with the rule published Wednesday and fines that can reach R$13 million for violations.
  • A federal working group proposed a R$10 minimum per trip, an extra R$2.50 per kilometer on longer runs, and full payment for each order in grouped deliveries to curb pay cuts in multi-stop routes.
  • Delivery workers blocked roads in São Paulo to press for higher rates and full pay on grouped routes and to protest a mandatory training rule enforced by Detran-SP.