Unless for those who think that the ends justify any means, the deliberations to approve the end of the 6×1 scale in the Chamber of Deputies are proceeding in the worst possible way.
No matter how worthy the objectives to be achieved with this change are – in working hours and work schedules – the way in which this is being done promises to create enormous confusion. It is worth remembering the words of professor and sociologist José Pastore, a renowned specialist in labor relations, who has been pointing out error after error in what he intends to do.
The main one is trying to fit all human activities into a single constitutional rule. The diversity of the world of work, argues Professor Pastore, is much greater than that of the tax world – where the same path was attempted during the tax reform and the complementary laws again suggest a cipoal.
In the case of , hundreds of new articles will be added to the existing 922. Brazil is home, he recalls, to 2,422 different occupations, each with its own peculiarities.
The government contributed greatly to impoverishing the debate by accusing anyone who points out problems of this order as enemies of the working class or even worse. However, the populist appeal at election time dominates the political class as a whole. Especially when regional oligarchies, like the one represented by the president of , see this issue as an irresistible asset.
An old saying applies to this issue, which politicians in Brazil solemnly despise, as long as they have some immediate advantage. Reducing working hours through constitutional rule creates more problems than solutions.
