The proposal to reduce working hours and increase weekly time off will be forwarded to the Senate for consideration
The Chamber of Deputies approved this Wednesday (27) the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) to end the 6×1 work schedule. Now the text is forwarded to consideration in the Senate.
According to the the proposal establishes the reduction of the maximum working day from 44 hours to 40 hours per week without salary reduction e increases the weekly day off to two days, not necessarily consecutive.
“The transition to a 40-hour week, combined with the guarantee of two days of paid weekly rest and the maintenance of salaries, is a viable, urgent and necessary measure. It rescues the constitutional promise of valuing work and human dignity”, argued the rapporteur, federal deputy Leo Prates (Republicanos-BA), .
On Monday (25), the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), reported that the Palácio do Planalto and the Casa Baixa . During this period, the working day drops from 44 hours to 42 hours. One year later, the workload is reduced to 40 hours.
Voting
The consideration in the Chamber Plenary was made in two shifts. . In the second round, 461 deputies approved the proposal and 19 rejected it.
Meeting with Alcolumbre
As anticipated by Young Panon Tuesday (26), the president of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Fiesp), Paulo Skafe other leaders of the productive sector (União Brasil-AP), to discuss the proposal to end the 6×1 scale. The representatives assessed that the dialogue with the Chamber of Deputies was exhausted. The current strategy focuses on the Upper House to try to extend the deadline for implementing the measureif approved.
The productive sector considers the 60-day deadline for insufficient adaptation e advocates a more extensive schedule. Another possibility evaluated by the group is , although they recognize that this alternative is more unlikely.
