Brazil’s Senate approves a shorter workweek
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October 15, 2026
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SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Senate approved a constitutional amendment Wednesday to reduce the country’s maximum workweek from 44 to 40 hours without a salary cut, a move backed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who hopes it will boost his standing against Flávio Bolsonaro in the October 25 presidential runoff.
Lula is expected to sign the shorter workweek into law next week after the measure passed the Senate in two rounds of voting with the same result: 75 to 1 out of 81 members.
The sole vote against it came from former Vice President Hamilton Mourao, who served under President Jair Bolsonaro.
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