Nurses Advocate 30-Hour Workweek

The defense of the approval of the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) 19/24, which links the minimum wage for nurses, nursing technicians, nursing assistants and midwives to a 30-hour workweek, was the main point of the solemn session that honored International Nursing Day (May 12) in the Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday (May 14, 2025). The proposal also provides for an annual adjustment of the minimum wage that will not be lower than…

Nursing staff are the backbone of centers and hospitals. However, only 40% of the countries in the Americas have an adequate number of nurses, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned. Still many countries face great challenges in ensuring an adequate proportion of professionals per inhabitant, as well as...