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What Does PEC Say About Salary, Floor and Overtime?

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The change from the 6×1 scale to the 5×2 model promises to change the routine of millions of Brazilian workers, but a question worries who depends on the monthly wage: working less hours means receiving less money? PEC 221/2019 foresees the gradual reduction of the weekly workday, the guarantee of two days of paid rest and the ban on...

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The Draft Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) which establishes the five-day workday and two rest days per week brings some exceptions to the rule. They are in this professional group in positions of trust; the so-called "super-employees", with salaries above R$ 21.1 thousand; public servants and individual microentrepreneurs (MEIs). End of scale 6x1: how is the calculation of overtime? Saturday is compensated or remunerated? End of 6x1: what is…

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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The change from the 6×1 scale to the 5×2 model promises to change the routine of millions of Brazilian workers, but a question worries who depends on the monthly wage: working less hours means receiving less money? PEC 221/2019 foresees the gradual reduction of the weekly workday, the guarantee of two days of paid rest and the ban on...

·São Paulo, Brazil
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The proposal for the end of the six-day rest period (6x1) does not cover all professionals.

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The Senate approved on Wednesday (15) the end of the 6x1 work scale in Brazil. With the change, the workers will be subjected to five working days and two days of rest.The text also reduces the total weekly workload to 40 hours. Until then, the regime previews 44 hours of work per week.Despite the new model that will come into force in the country, some sectors will be less affected by the change.Exceptions and specific rulesHigh-paying professi…

·Brasília, Brazil
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Professionals in positions of trust and the 'superemployees', with salaries greater than R$ 21,000, are also among the exceptions

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Globo broke the news in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Wednesday, October 14, 2026.
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