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Brazil Approves 40-Hour Week
Brazil's Senate passes 40-hour workweek reform ten days before presidential runoff.
In brief
Brazil's Senate passes 40-hour workweek reform ten days before presidential runoff. Brazil's Senate approved a 40-hour workweek with two days off, ending the 6x1 schedule, to help Lula close the two-point deficit with Bolsonaro in the runoff. Originally reported by MercoPress.
Brazil Senate approves 40-hour workweek
Brazil's Senate approved a 40-hour workweek with two days off, ending the 6x1 schedule, ten days before the presidential runoff.
Lula supports reform to close deficit
Lula hopes the reform will help him overturn the nearly two-point deficit with Bolsonaro from the first round.
Bolsonaro votes remotely
Bolsonaro voted in favor remotely from Porto Alegre, despite his party backing an alternative proposal.
Reform takes effect in 60 days
The reform will take effect 60 days after its promulgation, benefiting 37 million formal-sector workers.
The big picture
Brazil's Senate approved a 40-hour workweek with two days off, ending the 6x1 schedule, to help Lula close the two-point deficit with Bolsonaro in the runoff.
