BrasíliaSenate vote could cut Brazil’s 44-hour week to 40 hours.
It would also guarantee 2 paid rest days, one preferably Sunday, ending the 6×1 schedule.
The amendment needs 49 of 81 senators in each of 2 rounds, after 5 discussion sessions before the first.
Rogério Marinho, who runs Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign, called the debate opportunistic and backs a flexible workday.
Senate president Davi Alcolumbre will put a fast-track calendar to a vote if the government files one.
How each outlet framed it
- Agência Pública
- frames the 6×1 PEC vote around Senate procedure: five discussion sessions required, 49 of 81 votes needed, and allies of Flávio Bolsonaro objecting to timing mid-runoff
Sources: Agência Pública