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The Rest of the World Report | October 15, 2026 — Evening Edition
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BRAZIL ENDS THE SIX-DAY WEEK
Brazil’s Senate voted 75 to 1 on Wednesday to end the 6x1 work schedule, under which employees work six days and get one day off.
The vote
The constitutional amendment needed 49 of 81 votes in each of two rounds. It got 75 in both. Senator Hamilton Mourão was the only one to vote no.
The Chamber of Deputies approved the text in May. The Senate left it unchanged, so it does not go back to the Chamber. It now goes to promulgation, the formal step that puts an amendment…
The skinny
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