Uber, DiDi, and Rappi have proposed offering social security benefits to drivers and couriers who work an average of more than 40 hours a week on one or more platforms.
They stopped short of agreeing to classify drivers as employees, however, and few details were given on how payments towards social security costs would be divided.
Mexican Labor Ministry is working on a bill that would bring gig workers into the "formal economy," although the timeline is still unclear. It is also unclear if the bill will seek to make drivers employees, or propose other reforms in line with the apps' statement.
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