Brazil75 senators to 1 ended the six-day work week.
More than 37 million formal workers, the government estimates, gain a second weekly rest day.
The amendment cuts Brazil’s legal week from 44 to 40 hours without a pay cut, phased in over 14 months.
The amendment leaves out freelancers and delivery drivers in the informal economy.
Lula is expected to sign it next week, before the 25 October runoff with Flávio Bolsonaro.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 150+ reports worldwide
- Deutsche Welle
- frames the 6x1 reform as a runoff-timed electoral win for Lula, citing fuel tax cuts and small-business debt pardons as parallel pre-vote moves
- Daily Maverick
- notes the reform was championed by Lula's government and that Bolsonaro reversed course days before the Senate vote
- Reuters
- Agência Pública
- records the 75-1 Senate vote, Hamilton Mourão as the lone dissent, and the same-day two-round vote enabled by 56 senator signatures
Sources: Agência Pública, Deutsche Welle, Daily Maverick, Reuters