Politics · Brazil · 5 hrs ago
Poll finds 61% support ending Brazil's 6x1 work schedule
A poll found 61% of informed respondents backed ending Brazil's 6x1 work schedule.
Genial/Quaest surveyed 2,154 people in Brazil from October 10 to 13, with a margin of error of two percentage points.
The proposal would cut the maximum workweek from 44 hours to 40, give workers two paid days off and keep their pay unchanged.
The change would be introduced gradually, first lowering the limit to 42 hours a week before moving to 40.
The poll counted support among people who already knew about the proposal; 20% of those respondents knew about it but opposed it.
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The Senate was scheduled to vote on the workweek proposal on Wednesday, October 14.
A Genial/Quaest poll found that 61% of respondents who knew the proposal supported ending Brazil’s 6x1 work schedule.
The proposal would reduce the maximum working week from 44 hours to 40, provide two paid rest days and keep salaries unchanged.
Among respondents who knew the proposal, 20% opposed it.
The poll interviewed 2,154 people from October 10 to 13 and had a margin of error of two percentage points.
A vote on the proposal was scheduled in Brazil’s Senate for October 14.
- Who
- Genial/Quaest surveyed 2,154 people. Of those who knew the proposal, 61% supported it.
- What
- The poll found majority support for ending the 6x1 work schedule. The proposal would reduce the maximum week to 40 hours.
- When
- The poll was conducted from October 10 to 13, 2026, and published October 14.
- Where
- Brazil.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Genial/Quaest interviewed 2,154 people for the poll.
Exame reported the poll’s finding that 61% of respondents who knew the proposal supported ending the 6x1 schedule.
A Senate vote on the proposal was scheduled.
- Support among those who knew the proposal
- 61%
- Opposition among those who knew the proposal
- 20%
- People interviewed
- 2,154
- Survey dates
- October 10–13, 2026
- Margin of error
- 2 percentage points
- Proposed weekly hours
- Reduce from 44 to 40, with two paid rest days and no salary reduction