Overview
- The Chamber subcommission granted a collective request for review, delaying a vote on the relator’s report that was read on Wednesday.
- Relator Luiz Gastão proposes phasing the legal limit from 44 to 40 hours, keeps 6×1 under tighter rules, bans weekend shifts over six hours, and requires double pay for extra weekend hours with no salary cuts.
- The draft includes payroll tax relief for companies with high labor costs, a provision supporters say cushions impacts and critics warn could weaken Social Security revenues.
- Government ministers Gleisi Hoffmann and Guilherme Boulos rejected maintaining 6×1 and argue a 5×2 ceiling with a 40‑hour week has broad public backing cited at above 70%.
- Debate now returns to the subcommission next week before any move to the CCJ and a special committee, with parties still far apart on ending 6×1 versus restricting it.