Brazil: government bill to reduce work week from 44 to 40 hours

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The news. On 15 April, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Workers’ Party, left) fast-tracked a bill to Parliament to reduce the maximum working week from 44 to 40 hours.

The stakes. Reducing working hours, a long-standing demand of the Brazilian working class and trade unions, is a cornerstone of President Lula’s programme for the upcoming October presidential elections. The primary objective of the measure, he explains, is to “guarantee more free time away from work, for family, lei

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