Brazil: Rappi has introduced a weekly fee for its workers

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"Pay to work: Rappi now charges delivery drivers in Brazil a weekly fee", 18 March 2024
...Rappi, Colombia’s last-mile delivery unicorn, has begun imposing a fee on its drivers in Brazil, effectively forcing them to begin each week in debt to the platform. The move comes on the heels of what Fairwork, a unit of the Oxford Internet Institute dedicated to studying gig work, calls a “paradigmatic shift in platform operating models from the investor-oriented fundraising strategy … to a more traditional profit-loss strategy.”
Rappi’s move to institute the fee comes nearly a year after the company reached its financial break-even point. It could help Rappi earn additional revenue from its workforce, which experts and workers say is abusive...
Rest of World spoke with 12 delivery workers who said Rappi had not informed them of the new tariff, and that they learned about it only after discovering the debt assigned to their accounts. In an undated press release, Rappi said the fee was a result of its merger with BoxDelivery, a Brazilian delivery company it had acquired in June 2023. The weekly charge is a “use and licensing fee” for the two platforms, according to the statement.
Rappi declined an interview request from Rest of World...