Boulos Leads Planalto Push to End 6x1, Back 5x2 and a 40-Hour Week in Congress

Overview

• Minister Guilherme Boulos appears before a Chamber committee on Wednesday to defend the Planalto-backed text anchored in deputy Leo Prates’s report.
• The proposal phases the weekly cap to 42 hours in 2027 and 40 hours in 2028, with two consecutive paid rest days and at least one Sunday off every three weeks.
• The plan bars nominal or proportional salary reductions and restricts individual deals that would weaken protections.
• Passage still requires approval in the Labour Committee, potential floor consideration, a Senate vote, and presidential sanction, though allies favor using conclusive-committee procedure unless appealed.
• The intervention follows resistance to relator Luiz Gastão’s draft, which kept the 6x1 model while only reducing hours, prompting the Planalto to rally support for an alternative.