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Brazil’s lower house backs five-day workweek reform

Lawmakers approved a plan to phase in a 40-hour week and two consecutive rest days

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Chantelle Cloete
Reporter

Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies has passed a new law reducing the working week to five days, giving President Lula da Silva a pre-election boost. 

For more on legislative change across the globe, see the IEL Monitor – IEL’s forward-looking tracking tool that covers developments in labour and employment law around the world.

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