Overview
- Senate President Davi Alcolumbre announced the plenary vote will be held after the elections, a move that President Lula described as regrettable and said he expects the measure to be scheduled after the first round.
- The PEC was approved this week by the Senate Constitution and Justice Committee but now awaits a plenary date that will be set only after the electoral calendar is resolved.
- The amendment would cut the statutory workweek from 44 to 40 hours through a two-stage transition—42 hours two months after publication and 40 hours 14 months later—while keeping eight-hour daily limits and forbidding pay cuts.
- The PT is avoiding a public clash with Alcolumbre and is blaming obstruction by the PL linked to Flávio Bolsonaro, which has offered a competing 'PEC da 7x0' and used procedural tactics to slow progress.
- Other government priority measures such as the Public Security PEC also remained unvoted during the same concentrated effort week, underscoring limited plenary time and competing legislative pressures.