Brazil's lower house approves constitutional amendment reducing workweek

The Chamber of Deputies approved, in two rounds, on Wednesday, May 27, the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) that ends the 6×1 schedule and establishes a weekly work schedule of 40 hours distributed over five working days and two days of paid rest. The text now goes to the Senate for analysis. [ . . . ] The proposed constitutional amendment (PEC) foresees a gradual transition to reduced working hours. Two months after the enactment of the future constitutional amendment, workers governed by the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT) will be entitled to two paid days off per week, one of them preferably on Sundays. Within that same timeframe, the maximum weekly working hours will decrease from 44 to 42. The definitive reduction to 40 hours should occur 14 months after the enactment of the Constitutional Amendment.
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