Overview
- The Senate’s Constitution and Justice Commission will hold a public hearing on Oct. 21 at 10 a.m. to examine PEC 148/2015.
- The proposal by Senator Paulo Paim would abolish the 6x1 schedule and set a maximum 36-hour week under a 5x2 model.
- Opposition senator Rogério Marinho requested the session and argues the measure could hurt productivity and competitiveness and that current law already allows reduced hours by agreement.
- Invited participants include economists José Pastore and Fernando de Holanda Barbosa Filho, João Gabriel Pio, Febrac president Edmilson Pereira de Assis, labor prosecutor Cirlene Zimmermann, VAT founder Rick Azevedo, and Deputy Erika Hilton.
- Government leader José Guimarães publicly backed ending 6x1 on public-health grounds, and Lula’s PT has elevated shorter workweeks as a priority.