STF leaves uberization, dosimetry and code of ethics for the second semester

The STF (Supreme Federal Court) goes into recess next Thursday (2) leaving pending issues that were already considered a priority for the first half of 2026. Among them are the judgments on the so-called "uberization" of labor relations and on the Dosimetry Law, in addition to the drafting of a code of ethics for the Court's ministers.

Next Wednesday (1st), the judges meet for the last session of the semester and must complete the analysis of questioned sections of the Administrative Improbity Law. As a result, the judgment on Uberization, which had been planned for the last few weeks, was postponed again.

The setting of a new date for the trial responds to requests from the MPT (Public Ministry of Labor) and the DPU (Union Public Defender's Office), which asked for more time to incorporate a new fact into the process: the approval, on June 12, of an ILO (International Labor Organization) convention that establishes international parameters for work mediated by applications and digital platforms.

In analyzing this process, the Supreme Court must define whether there is an employment relationship between drivers and delivery people and digital platforms, such as Uber and iFood, and establish rules that must be applied by all instances of Justice in the country.

The decision has the potential to have a profound impact on the Brazilian labor market by establishing parameters for the actions of application companies and workers' rights.

At the end of 2025, the president of the STF, minister Edson Fachin, signaled to interlocutors that he would await a possible initiative from the National Congress to regulate the topic. Given the lack of progress in the Legislature, however, the minister returned to the case on two occasions this year, without the trial being initiated.

Dosimetry
Another process whose analysis was expected in the first semester involves the so-called Dosimetry Law, which reduced penalties applied to those convicted of attempted coup d'état. The actions that question the rule in the STF were also postponed after the recess.

The delay by the PGR (Attorney General's Office) in presenting an opinion on the cases, combined with the trial calendar already defined for June and the proximity of the July recess, meant that the analysis was postponed until August. Behind the scenes, there was an interest among ministers in moving the discussion away from the electoral period, which ended up not being fulfilled.

Code of conduct
The creation of a code of conduct for Supreme Court ministers was also among the priorities announced by Fachin upon assuming the presidency of the Court. At the opening of the Judiciary year, the minister even announced minister Cármen Lúcia as rapporteur of the proposal.

Over the months, however, the topic lost strength in the face of internal resistance. Some of the ministers are against the adoption of the code, while another group is more willing to discuss the issue, but considers that the political moment is not the most appropriate to move forward with the proposal.

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