巴西参议院通过缩短工时修宪案 每周工时由44小时降至40小时
巴西利亚讯——据路透社10月15日报道，巴西参议院10月14日通过一项宪法修正案，将该国每周工作时间从六天制改为五天制，为总统卢拉带来一项关键立法胜利，此时距巴西总统选举第二轮投票不到两周。该修正案此前已于5月获众议院通过，此次在参议院两轮投票中获得跨党派议员支持，包括卢拉的竞选对手、右翼参议员弗拉维奥·博索纳罗，他此前曾反对该案，后于周二转变立场表示将投赞成票。
修正案将拉美最大经济体巴西的每周工时从44小时降至40小时，实际上终结了零售等行业要求正式员工每周工作六天的常见做法。巴西政府估计，新规将惠及超过3,700万名正式部门员工，新标准将在14个月内分阶段实施。这是巴西数十年来最大的一次劳动权益改革。
卢拉正寻求第四个非连续总统任期，他与政府一直倡导这一措施。卢拉在社交平台X上发文称该修正案是工人的胜利，并表示这意味着更多时间用于生活、休息、陪伴家人、看着孩子成长、照顾自己与享受生活。博索纳罗在本月第一轮投票中领先卢拉。
（资料来源：路透社）
Brazil's Senate Approves Shorter Workweek in Win for Lula
BRASILIA — Brazil's Senate approved a constitutional amendment on October 14 to reduce the country's workweek from six days to five, Reuters reported on October 15, providing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a key legislative win less than two weeks before the country's presidential runoff. The amendment, which received the green light from the lower house in May, was backed by lawmakers from across Brazil's political spectrum in the two required Senate votes, including Lula's runoff opponent, right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who had once opposed it and reversed course on Tuesday to vote for it.
The amendment lowers working hours in Latin America's largest economy to 40 hours a week from 44, effectively ending a common practice in sectors such as retail of requiring formal employees to work six days a week. The government estimated the new rules will benefit more than 37 million formal-sector workers, with the new standard to be implemented over a 14-month period. It marks the biggest overhaul of Brazilian labour rights in decades.
Lula, who is seeking a fourth non-consecutive term, and his government championed the measure. In a post on X, Lula called the amendment a victory for workers, saying it means more time to live, rest, be with family, watch children grow, take care of oneself and enjoy life. Bolsonaro led Lula in the election's first-round vote earlier this month.
(Source: Reuters)
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