Flávio Bolsonaro rejects end of the 6x1 schedule and proposes flexible working hours
According to Correio da Manhã, the PL candidate called support for ending the 6x1 "opportunism" and proposes that employees negotiate their hours and be paid according to the schedule worked.
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According to Correio da Manhã, presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) criticized the proposal to end the 6x1 schedule (six days of work followed by one day off) and defended a flexible workday, in which workers could choose to work more or fewer hours. In the runoff against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), he described support for ending the schedule as "opportunism."
The candidate summed up the idea by saying that "those who want to work more will work more," and that the same applies to those who want to work less. According to the newspaper, the proposal does not oblige anyone to work more hours: the idea is to make the workday flexible and let pay vary with the time worked. Flávio argues that a general rule could harm companies and workers. In August, he had already argued that employees should set their own schedule and avoided saying how he would vote on the proposal that ends the 6x1.
Lula, for his part, defends reducing the maximum weekly hours without cutting pay and has made the issue a campaign banner. The subject returned to the center of the debate because the Senate on Wednesday (7) resumed discussion of a Constitutional Amendment Proposal that gradually reduces working hours and provides for the end of the 6x1, keeping pay intact. In the newspaper's view, the strategy also seeks to bring the PT candidate closer to younger and salaried workers.
Correio da Manhã also notes that União Brasil and PP decided to back Flávio after the first round, while Senate president Davi Alcolumbre (União Brasil) oversees the proposal's progress. The parties' support, the text cautions, does not mean automatic adherence by their caucuses to the candidate's position on the 6x1.
In the newspaper's assessment, the runoff turns the 6x1 schedule into a concrete difference between the two candidates' plans for labor relations: on one side, a constitutional reduction of working hours with pay maintained; on the other, flexibility based on individual negotiation of hours.