DiDi Global—DiDi refused to distribute legally mandated profit-sharing to Mexican platform workers, citing incomplete first year of operation
Under Mexico's 2024 platform-worker labor reform reclassifying app-based workers as employees, companies faced their first annual profit-sharing (PTU) distribution deadline in 2026. DiDi refused to distribute payments, stating that 'the companies in charge of complying with labor obligations have not yet completed their first year of operation.' Workers held a nationwide two-hour work stoppage on May 15, 2026 protesting unfair rates and the profit-sharing refusal across Uber, DiDi and (initially) Rappi platforms, demanding a collective labor agreement.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gig Worker Rights | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.545 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.55)
Evidence (1 signal)
DiDi cited first-year exemption to avoid distributing 2026 PTU profit-sharing to Mexican drivers
DiDi told Mexican press it would not distribute profit-sharing payments in 2026, claiming the entity responsible for labor obligations had not yet completed its first full year of operation under the new platform-worker reform structure.