Fixed Workload of 8 Hour Daily and 40 Hour Weekly for 26,534 Workers in the Meat Sector in 2023 Approved by the Chamber with New Collective Bargaining Rules and Automatic Classification
The Labor Committee of the Chamber approved a proposal that establishes an 8-hour daily and 40-hour weekly work schedule for employees in the meat sector, valid from Monday to Friday, with weekend work only upon collective agreement, which matters because it changes the CLT and impacts thousands of employees.
The Labor Committee of the Chamber approved a bill that sets an 8-hour daily and 40-hour weekly work schedule for slaughter, manufacturing, and processing employees of meat intended for human consumption, according to the Chamber News Agency.
The norm stipulates that the schedule should be fulfilled from Monday to Friday, while activities on Saturdays and Sundays will depend on an agreement or collective agreement made between workers and employers, with no external exceptions.
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The text defines that collective instruments may authorize exceptions, provided they present proportional countermeasures for employees, maintaining a balance between operational needs and labor safeguards.
The proposal amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws and ensures that all employees subjected to workloads above the new limits will be automatically classified without salary reduction, a point considered central by the rapporteur.
The substitute by deputy Vicentinho to Bill Law 3320/23, by Alexandre Lindenmeyer, was approved, including the expansion of the role of collective bargaining and the provision for exceptions conditioned on proportional countermeasures.
Work Accidents
Vicentinho cited data from the 2023 Statistical Yearbook of Work Accidents indicating 26,534 accidents in the sector, equivalent to 3.62% of national occurrences, which evidences vulnerability and reinforces the urgency of the approved changes, despite one piece of data being difficult to verify.
Next Steps
The proposal is being processed in a conclusive manner and will still be analyzed by the Constitution and Justice and Citizenship Committee before proceeding to a vote in the Chamber and the Senate, concluding a stage that began with the original PL.

O que adianta eles colocar isso, e as empresas e lojas e comércios geral não cumprir a regras.
Mudou nada porque já é de segunda a sexta, porém algumas atividades no frigorífico são de segunda a sábado, nós quais são carregamento o que são mais exaustivos do que mesmo as linhas de produção, para nós mudou absolutamente nada