Brazil adopts a 40-hour working week
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Maverick
Brazil’s Senate has approved a reform reducing the working week from 44 to 40 hours, after its adoption by the Chamber of Deputies. The new standard, backed by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is to be phased in over 14 months and could affect more than 37 million workers, according to the Daily Maverick.
Brazil’s Senate has approved a constitutional reform reducing the legal working week from 44 to 40 hours, following its adoption by the Chamber of Deputies in May, the Daily Maverick reports. The measure ends the practice, common in some sectors such as retail, of requiring formal-sector employees to work six days a week.
The reform, which received support from lawmakers from several political groups in both of the required votes, was also backed by right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who had previously opposed the measure and is an adversary of Lula in the presidential election. The Brazilian government estimates that more than 37 million formal-sector workers will benefit from the new rules. The newspaper describes it as the most significant overhaul of labour law in Brazil for several decades.
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