"Brazilian government wants new round of labor negotiations for delivery workers", 20 March, 2024

...The federal government submitted a bill to Congress with new regulations and labor protections for drivers of ride-hailing apps such as Uber, but the draft does not include workers for food delivery platforms...

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has publicly chastised iFood, Brazil's leading food delivery platform, for allegedly refusing to agree to negotiations. The draft legislation was initially supposed to include rules for food delivery apps...

Mr. Marinho also said that iFood disagreed with the social security expenses proposed by the government...

iFood did not immediately reply to the The Brazilian Report for comment. The company previously said the government gave priority to ride-hail apps, but did not touch on the subject of social security expenses...