Brazil Launches 60-Day Task Force to Regulate App-Based Delivery Work

Overview

• A presidential order signed on Dec. 4 creates an interministerial working group based in the Secretariat‑General to draft protections for app deliverers.
• The agenda centers on three pillars: a guaranteed minimum remuneration, accident and social‑security coverage, and transparency in platforms’ algorithms.
• Participants include the Labor and Industry ministries, the Superior Labor Court, the Labor Prosecutor’s Office, congressional commission leaders, and workers’ representatives, while companies will be heard in parallel meetings outside the group.
• Officials aim to conclude the deliverers’ group by late January or early February 2026, with a separate task force for app drivers slated to start in January.
• The government plans to feed the group’s output into PLP 152/2025, as lawmakers weigh a report targeted for mid‑December but face delay risks in 2026 due to an unresolved minimum fare, even as items like INSS calculation on 25% of gross earnings, mandatory insurance, support points, and autonomous status advance.