Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sent a bill to congress on Monday to regulate labor rights of workers from ride-hailing apps in the country, which includes the need to pay a minimum wage. The proposal, which might affect ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Chinese Didi’s 99, must be approved by the Senate and Lower House to become a law. Uber said in a statement it sees the bill as “an important milestone towards balanced regulation of work intermediated by platforms.”. The bill also proposes to give ride-hailing workers rights such as a public pension and maternity benefits, in exchange for a social security contribution to be paid part by companies and part by the workers. However, it follows recent courts decisions in the country on not determining the ride-hailing workers as employees.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald March 05, 2024 15:43 UTC