In the week of Christmas, Brazilian president Michel Temer presented the final draft of his reform to the country’s labour law. The draft – which is portrayed as being inspired by European standards – aims to make working time more flexible, allowing adaptation of working hours and other aspects of working conditions to take place as part of company-level negotiations. The reform will also give collective agreements primacy over law.
Under the bill, legal working hours will remain at 8 hours per day and 44 hours per week. However, the Brazilian government would like to permit working days of up to 12 hours, should the relevant negotiations take place and provided a maximum of 48 hours per week is not exceeded. Finally, an upper monthly limit of 220 hours could also be established. In addition to working hours, companies could also have the right to negotiate on issues such as holiday, leave time, profit sharing, travel time
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