Overview

• Prosecutor-general Paulo Gonet filed a formal opinion on Tuesday opposing recognition of an employment relationship between drivers or couriers and platforms.
• The opinion asks the Supreme Court to accept Uber’s extraordinary appeal against a Labor Court ruling that had recognized a CLT employment bond.
• The STF opens the case on October 1 with the rapporteur’s report and oral arguments, with a later session expected to record the justices’ votes.
• Two appeals are at issue: a TRT-3 case against Rappi and a TST decision involving Uber that cited telematic control to find subordination.
• Gonet argues that recognizing a bond would violate the constitutional principle of free enterprise and conflict with STF jurisprudence allowing contracting outside the CLT, with Edson Fachin and Alexandre de Moraes serving as case rapporteurs.