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The Lula government has shown interest in supporting a proposal by Congresswoman Erika Hilton that suggests modifying work shifts
According to information from CNN Brasil, the president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will talk to allies to decide whether to support the proposal to reduce the weekly working day to 36 hours. The measure could mean the end of the 6x1 work shift, very common in commerce and services, and has generated intense debate within the government base.
A Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC), presented by the deputy Erika Hilton (Psol-SP), suggests limiting the maximum weekly working hours to 36 hours. Currently, the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT) allows weekly working hours of up to 44 hours.
The PEC still needs approval from the President of the Chamber, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), before it can begin processing.
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After that, you will go through the Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ) and by a special committee, before reaching the plenary.
Although it has strong support from the left, the proposal has also received signatures from centrist parliamentarians. President Lula, however, has already shown that he wants a middle ground, suggesting a possible scale 5 × 2.
Lula wants to assess economic impacts
Before making a decision, Lula intends to carefully assess the economic and social effects of the proposal. Among the points of concern are the impact on inflation, the possibility of increased unemployment and the reactions of the productive sector and the financial market.
Erika Hilton is awaiting a meeting with Lula and Minister Gleisi Hoffmann, from the Institutional Relations department, to discuss the issue.
Government support will be essential for the proposal to advance in Congress.
Understand what the 6×1 scale is
Currently, the CLT does not determine the exact division of working days per week. The most well-known schedule is 5×2, in which employees work five days and have two days off. However, sectors such as retail often prefer the 6×1 schedule, with six days worked and only one day off.
There are variations on this scale, such as daily shifts of 7 hours and 20 minutes, or even 8 hours on some days compensated by shorter shifts on others.
The main complaint from workers is that their days off usually fall during the week, rarely coinciding with Sunday, making family and social life difficult.
With the discussion opened by Lula, the future of this scale may be numbered, but it is still too early to define whether there will be sufficient agreement for such an important change in Brazilian labor legislation.
