MPT cria grupo nacional para intensificar fiscalização de jornadas de motoristas e prevenir acidentes; decisões da Justiça reforçam necessidade de empresas de ônibus evitarem passivos trabalhistas – CONFIRA AS DICAS

Lead

On 28 October 2026, Diario do Transporte reported that the Ministério Público do Trabalho (MPT) established a national group called Jornada de Trabalho dos Motoristas, Proteção à Vida e Tecnologia. The group is linked to the Coordenadoria Nacional de Defesa do Meio Ambiente do Trabalho e da Saúde do Trabalhador e da Trabalhadora (Codemat) and is planned to operate from September 2026 to October 2027. The initiative uses technological records and public accident data to intensify inspection of drivers’ working hours and rest periods and to set reduction targets for road accidents, injured people and deaths.

Verified facts

According to the report, the MPT group will relate labour inspection with the prevention of road incidents using information from public bodies and technological working-time records such as tacographs and electronic journey systems. The planning specifies that institutional action may result in proposals for ações civis públicas or the celebration of termos de ajustamento de conduta (TACs) in a number corresponding to at least 70% of the sinistros analysis reports forwarded by the Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego. The planning establishes targets of at least 5% reduction in road accidents, 5% reduction in the number of injured people and 5% reduction in deaths, associated with the implementation of automatic working-time control for professional drivers. The report explicitly states these percentages are institutional objectives and not demonstrated results. The document also states the initiative does not, by itself, impose a general obligation for all transport companies to adopt a specific technology and that any measures will depend on identification of irregularities and the applicable legal procedures.

Organizations and responsibilities

Ministério Público do Trabalho (MPT): created the national group Jornada de Trabalho dos Motoristas, Proteção à Vida e Tecnologia and is responsible for institutional planning and potential propositional measures (ações civis públicas and TACs) tied to analysis reports.

Codemat: the group is linked administratively to the Coordenadoria Nacional de Defesa do Meio Ambiente do Trabalho e da Saúde do Trabalhador e da Trabalhadora (Codemat), as reported.

Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego: identified as the source of sinistros analysis reports that will be forwarded to the MPT and used to define follow-up actions. Police Rodoviária Federal (PRF) and regional MPT bodies: reported as participants in regional coordination activities (a meeting on 22 October 2026 between MPT representatives in the 14th Region and PRF in Rondônia was described).

Diario do Transporte: reported the initiative and published interviews with lawyer Liana Variani that contextualize legal prevention measures. No other project participants, contractors or commercial suppliers are identified in the source material.

Operational and commercial context

The report ties the MPT group to a broader enforcement and judicial context. It notes recent judicial rulings: a 7 October 2026 decision by the 11th Chamber of the TRT-MG awarding a 10% additional payment for a bus driver who habitually performed specialized mechanical maintenance; and a court order during the second round of elections on 25 October 2026 requiring Viação Atalaia (Aracaju, SE) to reorganize shifts so employees could vote, with a penalty of R$ 100,000 per day specified in the decision for non-compliance (the report states there is no confirmation of application of that fine). The report also references the STF judgment on ADI 5.322 affecting interpretation of rest-period rules and the April 2025 TST Tema 128 precedent concerning concomitant driver-cobrador functions. It further notes Emenda Constitucional nº 141 (promulgated 16 October 2026) providing transition to a 40-hour weekly maximum with two paid weekly rest days and potential impacts on scheduling, staffing and contract evaluation. Diario do Transporte and interviewed legal expert Liana Variani framed these elements as reinforcing the need for transport companies to maintain reliable working-time controls, ensure adequate working conditions, and adopt prevention-oriented legal and operational measures. The report cautions that tacograph or electronic records do not substitute labour controls for activities performed outside driving time and that the existence of a sinistro does not automatically indicate labour non-compliance.

Sources

https://diariodotransporte.com.br/2026/10/28/mpt-cria-grupo-nacional-para-intensificar-fiscalizacao-de-jornadas-de-motoristas-e-prevenir-acidentes-decisoes-da-justica-reforcam-necessidade-de-empresas-de-onibus-evitarem-passivos-trabalhistas-c/

Diario do Transporte

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