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The Chamber of Deputies is debating the regulation of work through mobility and delivery applications in Brazil, in order to guarantee rights, in particular, to drivers and couriers. Bill No. 4,675/2025 proposes a drastic change by replacing the current model of repressive oversight (ex-post) with a regime of prior intervention (ex-ante). The report includes, among others, interoperability obligations, obligations of access by competitors to platforms, and modulations regarding the use of data.
What is under discussion
The regulatory discussion in Brazil has focused essentially on three axes: the definition of the legal nature of the relationship between platforms and workers, the creation of a minimum regime of social protection (social security, insurance, minimum income), and the establishment of transparency duties for the applications. In practice, the model tends to migrate from a highly flexible logic to a semi-regulated regime, with greater predictability but lesser operational discretion.
Nevertheless, the debate is far from being consensual. Relevant divergences among the Executive, the Legislative, and the business sector reveal difficulty in the Chamber, especially regarding the setting of a minimum remuneration per delivery. The proposals range from R$ 8.50 to R$ 10.00, with an additional amount per kilometer. Surveys conducted with couriers show that there is likewise no unanimity among the workers. While some prefer informality, others opt for the security that an employment contract under the CLT could generate.
The federal government advocates greater regulation of the platforms, with a focus on transparency, limitation of operational practices, and expansion of social protection. These elements, if implemented, directly strain the platforms’ business model, which today is structured upon high operational flexibility and low contractual rigidity, according to Anthony Braga, attorney in the labor practice at Lassori Advogados.
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