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2mo ago

Brazil Sets Mid-December House Vote on Gig-Work Rules as Panel Approves Minimum Pay for Couriers

The rapporteur is finalizing a plan that would create an intermediate autonomous-worker status with optional social-security contributions and consider caps on platform commissions.

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Especialistas debatem regulamentação do trabalho por app
Webinar reforça debate sobre regulamentação do trabalho por aplicativo
Frente Parlamentar debate regulamentação do trabalho por aplicativo

Overview

  • Special committee chair Joaquim Passarinho said PLP 152/2025 is slated for a Chamber plenary vote between December 10 and 15, ahead of the year-end recess.
  • Rapporteur Augusto Coutinho is consulting the Superior Labor Court, the Labor Ministry, and Speaker Hugo Motta before presenting his report to the committee and party caucuses.
  • In a parallel track, the Communication Commission approved a bill for app couriers that sets an hourly floor equal to 200% of the national minimum wage and mandates accident insurance with defined coverage amounts.
  • Negotiations include a possible 20%–30% cap on platform commissions and cost-sharing formulas, with lawmakers warning that higher consumer prices could curb demand and harm workers and businesses.
  • The panel drew on technical hearings, study visits to Lisbon and Madrid, and Cebrap data indicating that 57% of drivers make some previdenciary contribution but only about 8% receive INSS benefits.