Politics · Brazil · 2 hrs ago
Brazil's Dino allows 8-hour-24-minute days during shift-schedule transition
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Flávio Dino changed rules for the transition away from the 6x1 work schedule.
He removed time limits on paid days off during that transition.
He also allowed daily shifts of up to 8 hours and 24 minutes without overtime pay.
The 6x1 schedule refers to working six days followed by one day off.
The decision sets rules for working hours and paid rest while the schedule is being phased out.
The available information does not say when the transition will end or what happens next.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Flávio Dino allowed daily shifts of 8 hours and 24 minutes without overtime during the transition away from the 6x1 work schedule.
He removed weekly and monthly limits on when workers must receive their two paid weekly rest days, while requiring collective agreements to set their timing.
The change followed requests from business groups that said the constitutional amendment’s rules were too rigid.
Dino kept the first transition stage on December 16, when the workweek is due to fall from 44 to 42 hours and workers are to gain two paid weekly rest days.
The decision still needs confirmation by the Supreme Court’s full bench.
- Who
- Supreme Court Justice Flávio Dino issued the decision.
- What
- He allowed daily shifts of 8 hours and 24 minutes without overtime during the transition and removed weekly and monthly timing limits for paid rest days.
- When
- The decision was reported on November 12, 2026; the first transition stage remains set for December 16.
- Where
- Brazil.
- Why
- Business groups sought more flexibility, citing the need to account for companies’ operational realities.
Business groups
Critics who say Dino altered the amendment
Timing of rest days
Business groups
Business groups sought flexibility, including for sectors with long periods of work away from home; Dino’s decision allows collective agreements to determine when rest days are taken.
Critics who say Dino altered the amendment
Parliamentary critics said the decision changed the content of the constitutional amendment, while legislative technicians said it could allow workers to work consecutive days before receiving time off.
Congress promulgated the constitutional amendment ending the 6x1 schedule.
Dino issued his decision removing weekly and monthly limits on the timing of paid rest days.
The first transition stage is due to reduce the workweek from 44 to 42 hours and provide workers with two paid weekly rest days.
- Daily shift
- 8 hours and 24 minutes without overtime during the transition
- First transition stage
- December 16, 2026
- Workweek reduction
- 44 hours to 42 hours
- Rest days
- Two paid weekly rest days
- Groups that filed challenges
- CNC and CNI
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What people are saying
He recognizes that implementing this constitutional change needs to take companies’ operational realities into account.