Companies are asking Motta to promote changes in the bill that regulates app-based work.
A manifesto delivered to the Speaker of the House criticizes the economic impacts of the bill under discussion.
247 - Organizations representing various business sectors presented a manifesto to the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), requesting changes to the bill regulating app-based work. The document advocates for a more balanced text and warns of potential economic consequences of the proposal currently under debate in the National Congress.
The manifesto was delivered this Wednesday (4), in a context where the topic is being analyzed by a special committee of the Chamber. In parallel, the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva maintains a working group responsible for developing its own proposal, treating the regulation of app-based work as a priority in an election year.
Manifesto brings demands to the leadership of the Chamber.
Representatives from the Brazilian Association of Mobility and Technology (Amobitec), the National Confederation of Commerce of Goods, Services and Tourism (CNC), the National Confederation of Industry (CNI), the National Association of Restaurants (ANR), the Brazilian Association of Bars and Restaurants (Abrasel), the Brazilian Chamber of Digital Economy (Camara-e.net), and Proteste (Brazilian Association for Consumer Protection) participated in the meeting. Federal deputies Joaquim Passarinho (PL-PA), president of the special commission, and Augusto Coutinho (Republicanos-PE), rapporteur of the committee, were also present.
Resistance to the framing of platforms
The bill under discussion proposes classifying companies as direct providers of transportation and delivery services, which, according to the entity, significantly alters the sector's logic. According to the companies, this change could impose burdens considered excessive on the platforms and bring labor relations closer to the rules stipulated in the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT).
“Although the rapporteur claims that the text does not create a binding agreement, it incorporates throughout its provisions several articles that, in practice, bring the relationship closer to the rules of the CLT (Brazilian Labor Law). This framework is incompatible with the business model of the platforms, generates significant impacts for the sector, increases costs for the consumer, and does not reflect the demands of the drivers themselves, who seek autonomy and flexibility,” highlights an excerpt from the manifesto.
Impact on companies and workers
The manifesto highlights that “services mediated by digital platforms connect approximately 125 million users and 2,2 million workers across the country. In the bar and restaurant sectors, it is estimated that more than half a million establishments use platforms as a relevant channel for marketing and logistics, while digital commerce and retail generate more than R$ 200 billion annually through activities directly linked to these services.”
According to the companies and entities, "new obligations with a high economic and operational impact were incorporated into the substitute bill without in-depth debate in the Special Committee and without a consistent analysis of regulatory impact, increasing the risk of undesirable and difficult-to-reverse effects."
Disagreements between the private sector and the government
Meanwhile, the proposal championed by the government includes guarantees such as a minimum fare per ride, rest time, access to Social Security, and greater transparency regarding the algorithms used by the platforms. The goal is to allow workers to have clarity about how much companies receive for each trip they facilitate, a point that remains central to the disagreements between the Executive branch and the business sector.
