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3w ago

Senate President Keeps 40‑Hour Workweek Amendment on Hold

Alcolumbre's failure to dispatch the measure to the Constitution and Justice Committee hands Senate leadership control over timing and makes enactment before the October vote unlikely.

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Congresso tem semana sem votações em meio a festas juninas e Copa
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Overview

  • The constitutional amendment to end the 6x1 shift and cut the workweek to 40 hours has been waiting for a formal dispatch from Senate President Davi Alcolumbre since May 28 and has not entered committee review.
  • The Senate Constitution and Justice Committee has no meetings scheduled to consider the PEC and Alcolumbre cancelled a planned discussion with CCJ President Otto Alencar about naming a rapporteur.
  • Under the bill approved by the Chamber, the reduction would take effect 60 days after promulgation so even an approval in August would only start in October and likely miss the October 4 first-round election as a visible change for voters.
  • Other government priority proposals, including a Public Security PEC approved by the Chamber, are similarly stalled waiting for Alcolumbre's dispatch, concentrating multiple agenda items behind one procedural step.
  • If the measure is delayed past the July recess and into the campaign period, workers will not see the change before the election and the pause removes a potential pre-election policy win for President Lula while raising stakes in negotiations over Senate scheduling.