iFood response to alleged refusal to engage in labor negotiations for delivery workers in Brazil
...discussions to create a bill that regulates work intermediated by delivery platforms were already resumed on April 22nd, 2024, when the company's Public Policy director, João Sabino, attended a bilateral meeting with the Minister of Labor, Luiz Marinho...
...The company also clarifies that it actively participated in all discussions promoted by the Tripartite Working Group established by the Ministry of Labor to regulate the activity until its closure in September 2023, addressing all the subjects proposed by the Government and making its own proposals as well...
...Regarding Social Security, it is necessary to consider that the delivery worker's profile is different from that of the app driver, covered by PL 12/2024. Delivery workers work on a multi-platform basis and, on average, for fewer hours and have lower fixed costs to carry out the activity. To reach the earnings rate that would provide them with social security coverage, considering what is established in the legislation for drivers, these professionals would have to double the number of hours worked and 93% of them would still not earn enough to have social security coverage, that is, they would be contributing without guaranteeing access to social security.
iFood, since it entered this debate, has always proposed and made a commitment to contribute with part of the social security rate but, to be acceptable, this contribution must, in fact, include the worker...
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