PEC 6×1: government resists the transition and opposition wants alternative regime

The analysis of the proposal that ends the 6×1 day - six days on and one day off - ran into an impasse over a transition rule. Without consensus, the presentation of the opinion by deputy Leo Prates (Republicanos-BA) was postponed last week.

The new scheduled date is this Monday (25). The rapporteur works to reach an understanding with the government, the leadership of the Chamber of Deputies and the opposition on the rule to reduce the current 44 hours per week to 40 hours, without salary reductions.

As CNN showed, the topic should be discussed in a meeting between the president of the Chamber, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) on Monday (25). Although the government resists the transition, it is negotiating a possible two-year transition.

In parallel, the opposition also defends a new work regime with remuneration based on hours worked with the argument of giving more autonomy to employees and making the CLT (Consolidation of Labor Laws) more flexible.

Opposition parliamentarians are already anticipating articulations in the Senate in search of support. The idea, however, has little chance of prospering. The PEC rapporteur aims for a leaner and more objective text to propose a general rule, and rejects opposing guarantees already provided for in the CLT.

Despite pressure from opposition members, the focus of the debate remains on the transition rule. The Executive has adopted a stance against a transition and ideally aims for change immediately. Government allies, however, admit negotiations for a rule with short implementation, such as two years.

The opposition aims for a greater scale with a possible gradual reduction of one hour per year, with a period of four years to reach 40 hours.

Productive sectors and parliamentarians linked to the business community defend a long transition of ten years. This suggestion appears in the two amendments presented to the proposal, but one of them was even withdrawn after centrão parties retreated in the face of negative repercussions.

A period of ten years, however, is ruled out by the rapporteur. He negotiates an understanding for a transition between two and five years. The definition depends on an agreement between the government and Hugo Motta, who participates in and has conducted negotiations on the text.

"I will not join this ten-year boat. I would rather resign from this rapporteurship than sign ten years", said Leo Prates at the last state debate seminar on the PEC, held in Manaus (AM) on Friday (22).

Among other points, the rapporteur argues that the proposal guarantees two days of rest for workers, in the format of a 5×2 journey. According to him, the idea is that the two days off will come into force in 2026. These days, however, should not necessarily be consecutive, as government allies initially argued.

More specific rules must be addressed through a bill, which was sent by the government. The text should bring the infraconstitutional nuances and predictions aimed at sectors with different working hours, such as the airline sector, health sector and people who work on board.

The agenda at the end of the 6×1 journey is considered an electoral asset by the government. The text, however, is criticized by representatives of the economic sectors, who argue a possible increase in costs for the production and services sector.

For this reason, businesspeople demand incentives. The government's economic team is against a text that provides for forms of compensation and estimates that productivity gains should ensure that the change is sustainable.

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Source: CNN