The vice-president (PSB) said this Tuesday (12) that the government has not yet discussed a position on reducing the 6×1 working day, which has taken over social media since the weekend. A , which was based on experiences from other countries, but .
For Alckmin, this debate must be carried out by society and Congress, indicating that the government may not enter this discussion. As he is also Minister of Development, the department can be directly charged by the productive sector for a change in legislation.
“This hasn’t been discussed yet, but I think it’s a trend around the world. As technology advances, you can do more with fewer people, you have a shorter journey. This is a debate that is up to society and parliament to discuss,” he said.
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Alckmin is leading the Brazilian delegation at COP-29, in Azerbaijan, which would initially be commanded by the president (PT). However, because of the domestic accident suffered last month at Palácio da Alvorada, he was prevented from traveling by plane –.
On the other hand, the proposal has support within the government. Minister Paulo Pimenta, from the Secretariat of Social Communication (Secom), closest to Lula, stated that he would have already signed the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) if he were working in Congress.
“The proposal to change the 6×1 scale has my support. Every initiative that aims to improve the working conditions and lives of the working class will always have our support. If I were in the Chamber I would have already signed the PEC. We have a historic fight in defense of reducing working hours”, he said on social media.
The speech, however, clashes with another of Lula’s ministers, . “The ministry considers that reducing the 40-hour working week is fully possible and healthy, given a collective decision”, he amended.
The deputy’s proposal suggests a constitutional amendment to article 7, and needs the support of 171 parliamentarians to be implemented. The ministry began to be criticized on social media for not supporting the change.
“The Ministry of Labor and Employment-MTE has been closely following the debate on the end of the 6×1 work schedule. This is a topic that requires the involvement of all sectors in an in-depth and detailed discussion, taking into account the specific needs of each area, as there are sectors of the economy that operate uninterruptedly”, he added.
Erika Hilton proposed the change as a form of provocation to Congress in the face of an “extremely scrapped worker condition”. The parliamentarian, however, did not even present an economic impact on the Brazilian reality with the change, and said that it was only based on what other countries have been adopting.
In addition to impacting companies’ productivity, reducing working hours while maintaining remuneration, as stated in the PEC, can even have adverse effects on companies’ productivity and even put pressure on inflation.
In her networks, the deputy states that the 6×1 scale “takes away the worker’s right to spend time with their family, to take care of themselves, to have fun, to look for another job or even to qualify for a better job”. “The 6×1 scale is a prison, and is incompatible with the dignity of the worker,” he wrote.
