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Shorter Brazilian workweek to raise labor costs for US-listed giants
Politics• Oct 15

Shorter Brazilian workweek to raise labor costs for US-listed giants

Brazil's Senate approved a constitutional amendment cutting the maximum workweek from 44 to 40 hours, a major labor reform set to increase operating costs.

US funds face margin pressure as Brazil fast-tracks 40-hour workweek
Politics• Oct 14

US funds face margin pressure as Brazil fast-tracks 40-hour workweek

Brazil's Senate is fast-tracking a constitutional amendment to abolish the six-day workweek, threatening to raise labor costs for US-listed retailers.

Lula Government Fast-Tracks Constitutional Amendment for 40-Hour Workweek
PROPolitics• Aug 22

Lula Government Fast-Tracks Constitutional Amendment for 40-Hour Workweek

Brazil's government is pushing a PEC through the Senate to cut the maximum workweek from 44 to 40 hours with no reduction in pay.

Brazil Workweek Reduction PEC Advances, Pitting Business Against Labor
PROPolitics• Aug 20

Brazil Workweek Reduction PEC Advances, Pitting Business Against Labor

Brazil's proposed constitutional amendment to end the grueling 6x1 work scale and transition to a 40-hour workweek has advanced to the Senate.