Government leaders
Brazil advances toward shorter working hours, more rest
The enactment of the constitutional amendment establishing a five-day workweek marks a new chapter in the history of labor relations in Brazil. The change, which guarantees workers two days of rest per week and was approved by Congress on Friday (Oct. 16), follows more than a century of demands for limits on working hours and better conditions that allow workers to pursue activities outside the workplace. Drawing on historical data from the Ministry of Labor and Employment and the Superior Labor Court, Agência Brasil compiled a survey of key milestones in the evolution of working hours in Bra
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