Overview
- Both the government-backed bill that replaces the 6x1 shift with a 5x2 schedule and Senator Rogério Marinho’s PEC do Trabalho Flexível are now pending for debate in the Senate.
- Labor centrals sent a letter to the International Labour Organization on June 10 warning the PEC would weaken collective bargaining and may breach ILO Conventions 98 and 154.
- Marinho’s PEC would let employers and workers choose an hours-based contract that pays wages and benefits like FGTS, vacations and the 13th salary proportionally to hours worked and lets individual pacts override collective agreements on work time.
- Business groups including FIESP and hundreds of industry and service organizations published a manifesto on June 9 backing the flexible PEC and arguing it avoids ‘engessamento’ and helps specific sectors and small firms adapt.
- Senators on both sides, including Magno Malta and Carlos Portinho, have called for extended hearings under Senate President Davi Alcolumbre, leaving the two proposals open to broader scrutiny with key stakes for incomes, union power and legal obligations abroad.