Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sent a bill to congress to regulate labor rights of workers from ride-hailing apps in the country, which includes the need to pay a minimum wage.
The proposal must be approved by the Senate and Lower House to become a law.
The bill says ride-hailing apps would have to pay at least the country's minimum wage, which currently stands at 1,412 reais ($285.37) per month, to eight-hours per day workers. There would also be a cap of 12 working hours per day counting all 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. Consequently, it would not give right to paid vacations and other benefits.
Uber: "The project extends the protection of this new way of working without compromising the flexibility and autonomy inherent in the use of applications to generate income".
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