Overview

• The plenary is hearing Rappi’s RCL 64018 and Uber’s RE 1446336, the latter under repercussão geral that will bind lower courts.
• Prosecutor-general Paulo Gonet urged the Court to reject employment status, citing free enterprise and prior STF precedents against applying the CLT to platform work.
• Company lawyers framed the apps as intermediaries and warned of impacts, with Uber estimating a 52% cut in driver numbers and roughly a 33% fare increase if employment is imposed.
• Worker representatives and unions argued that pricing rules, performance ratings and disconnections show algorithmic subordination that satisfies traditional employment criteria.
• After two days of oral presentations, President Edson Fachin suspended the sessions with no ministers’ votes read and no date set for the decision, which could affect 10,000-plus cases and an estimated 2.1 million workers.