Hope • October 19, 2026

Brazil Ends Long Tradition of 6-Day Workweek via Constitutional Amendment

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Brazil Ends Long Tradition of 6-Day Workweek via Constitutional Amendment

With Brazil's senate voting 75 to 1 in favor, one wonders what took them so long? The nation was one of the richest in the world that still had a customary 6-day workweek, with fulltime employment considered 44 hours, rather than the 40 we know of in the US. That changed with the introduction

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