Argentina: Bill establishing special employment contract regime for delivery platform workers (S-0932/2025) was introduced to Senate

On 4 June 2025, the preliminary version of Bill S-0932/2025, requesting the reproduction of Bill S-532/2023, was introduced to the Argentine Senate. The bill proposes the creation of a Special Employment Regime for Digital Platform Workers performing delivery services without fixed schedules and on their own initiative. An employment relationship would be presumed upon registration on the platform and task assignment, with contracts considered of indefinite duration unless otherwise justified. Working hours would be self-determined but capped at 8 hours per day and 48 per week, with a required 12 hour daily rest period. Workers would receive basic monthly remuneration based on a 120-hour threshold, plus supplementary payments linked to distance, delivery time, and waiting periods. Additional surcharges would apply for use of personal transport, digital tools or infrastructure, and for services provided in adverse weather. Entitlements would include an annual complementary salary, paid holidays based on length of service, sick leave funded by employer reserves, and maternity protections. Disciplinary procedures would be regulated, excluding wage deductions. The Bill would mandate the registration of workers and employers, the provision of protective equipment, and coverage under existing occupational risk and insurance schemes, along with full enrolment in the national social security system. Workers would be restricted from operating on multiple platforms simultaneously, and platform operators would be obliged to guarantee non-discriminatory access to task allocation. It would guarantee trade union membership, collective bargaining rights, protection of digital reputation, and affirms non-discrimination, equal treatment, and the primacy of actual working conditions over contractual labels. The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security would be responsible for implementation, with enabling regulations to be issued within 180 days of promulgation.