PL deputy asked for more time for analysis; The text will be discussed again in the collegiate on Wednesday and should go to the plenary the following day
The special commission that analyzes the PEC (Proposed Amendment to the Constitution) at the end of the 6 X 1 scale postponed this Monday (May 25, 2026) the vote on the proposal. The discussion will resume on Wednesday (May 27) and will then go to the plenary. As it is a PEC, the proposal needs the support of at least 308 votes in 2 rounds.
The request for a review – more time for analysis – was requested by the deputy (PL-RS) and accepted by the president of the commission, (PT-SP).
The deputy’s report (Republicanos-BA) was presented this Monday (May 25), after a meeting between the president (PT) and the Chamber, (Republicanos-PB), to hammer out the text.
The proposal presented definitively extinguishes the current work model and establishes the constitutional right to 2 days of rest per week, without salary reduction. Here’s the document (PDF – 527 kB).
The text also establishes that the implementation of 40 hours. The schedule establishes that, 60 days after publication of the amendment, the maximum permitted working hours will fall from 44 to 42 hours per week.
The 40-hour week regime will come into effect 14 months after the proposal is published. However, the right to 2 days off, one of which is preferably on Sundays, comes into force immediately after the initial period of 60 days of enactment, regardless of the hours limit.
COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS
To serve sectors that operate uninterruptedly and that claimed it was technically impossible to stop 2 days a week, such as health and safety, the text supports the hours being defined via collective agreements.
The text allows unions and companies to agree that the 2 days of weekly rest will be calculated on average within the calendar month. This means that the employee will be able to work more days in a row in one week and compensate with more days off the next, as long as they have at least one day off within each work week and that the monthly average is two days off per week.
WHO IS LEFT OUT?
The new working hours and time control rules will not apply to employees who have a higher education degree and who receive monthly remuneration equal to or greater than two and a half times the INSS ceiling, currently R$21,188.
This rule, however, does not apply to public servants from state-owned companies or direct administration, who will follow reduced working hours even if they meet the salary and education criteria.
