Federal deputy Erika Hilton (PSOL/SP) announced this Wednesday (13) that she will meet with the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) to defend the reduction of the 6×1 working day. The matter has been proposed, through a PEC, which reached the minimum number of signatures, to begin processing in the Chamber of Deputies.
“We hope to be able to dialogue with the government to understand what the government’s next steps are, and how we can unify forces”, said the PSOL leader in the Chamber, at a press conference.
In the PEC, the deputy proposes reducing the maximum working hours to 36 hours a week, 4 days a week. Thus, instead of the system called 6×1, which establishes one day off for every six worked, the 4×3 working day would come into force, with four days worked and three days off.
The initiative comes in the wake of the Life Beyond Work Movement (VAT), which has gained strength on social media since September last year. The movement’s creator, councilman Rick Azevedo, accompanied the deputy during the press conference to defend the PEC’s progress.
Erika also assured that she intends to talk to the president of the Chamber, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), to discuss the proposal. “After we talk to Minister Padilha, I also intend to look for President Arthur Lira to talk about the text. This is our expectation: to find consensus, convergence and strength to strengthen this agenda”, he informed.
When defending the proposal, the deputy once again said that the PEC is only based on scales adopted in other countries, but that it does not even have a study of the impact it would cause on the Brazilian economy.
The PEC already has the support of 216 federal deputies, according to the author of the proposal. However, the deputy assesses that the discussion of the matter should only move forward in the next legislature, considering that there are less than two months until work ends in 2024. “I think it can be left for the next legislature. There is a lot to be discussed still,” he concluded.
The project has not yet been filed and there is no voting schedule. As it is a PEC, the proposal must have its admissibility approved by the CCJ to move forward. However, the text must face resistance from the opposition bench and has been heavily criticized by business entities.
