The ministers Guilherme Boulos (General Secretariat) and Luiz Marinho (Labor and Employment) met with the President of the Chamber, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), to discuss the next steps of the application work regulation project.
According to sources, Motta committed to drafting PLP 152/2025 in the first semester.
The meeting took place on Wednesday afternoon (14) and a new meeting was agreed with deputies Joaquim Passarinho (PL-PA) and Augusto Coutinho (Republicanos-PE), respectively president and rapporteur of the special committee responsible for analyzing the project.
The meeting should be held shortly after the delivery of the work of the interministerial technical group coordinated by Boulos to discuss the matter.
In interview at CNN, the Minister of Institutional Relations, Hoffmanntreated this issue as a priority in 2026, but recognized that there is resistance from application companies.
Coutinho’s report, presented at the end of December with government approval, has some highlights:
- Minimum pay: there will be a minimum price of R$8.50 for short trips (up to 2km) by car and R$8.50 for deliveries (up to 3km by car and 4km by motorbike/bike/on foot).
- Social security contribution: the text defines that 75% of what the worker receives is compensation for costs and 25% is the INSS basis. Of this total, the worker will pay 5% and the platforms will collect 20% of the amount from Social Security.
- Life and accident insurance: minimum mandatory coverage of R$120,000, valid from acceptance of the ride until 20 minutes after the end of the service.
- Algorithm transparency: the platform must explain the factors that influence the distribution of rides and the worker’s score. The establishment of a minimum journey, punishment for refusing to race and requiring exclusivity are prohibited.
Digital platforms classify the current proposal to regulate work via apps as “tragic” and warn that, if the latest version of the text prevails, food delivery orders could see a 25% increase in the final cost.
Privately, a sector executive heard by the CNN says that the requirements imposed by the project mean a “disguised celetization” and make it cheaper to hire a worker with a formal contract than to maintain employees in the current format.
Amobitec (Brazilian Mobility and Technology Association), which represents the platforms, states that there would be a setback in the activity.
“Those most affected will be the poorest, who will be unable to pay for the service, and the workers themselves, who will see unemployment grow with the reduction of a segment that increases the employment rate in the country by almost 1%, according to the Central Bank”, says the entity.
