AI-generated summary
The PEC aims to reduce the weekly working day from 44 to 40 hours and guarantee two days off with pay, one of which is preferably on Sundays. It was articulated by government supporters before the second round of the 2026 presidential elections.
In the opinion of those in government, the role played by Alcolumbre was decisive in articulating the advancement of the PEC before the second round of the presidential elections, disputed between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL).
The proposal was approved by 75 votes in favor and one against in both rounds of voting. Senator Hamilton Mourão (Republicanos-RS) was the only one to vote against the proposal.
The PEC of the end of the 6x1 shift changes the Constitution to reduce weekly working hours from 44 to 40 hours. The text also establishes that it is necessary to guarantee two days of paid time off, one of them preferably on Sundays.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The PEC will be promulgated and will come into force after official publication
Very likely · Within weeks
There will be debates on the regulation of the PEC in Congress
Likely · Within months

Federal deputy Erika Hilton (PSOL-SP) accused senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) of voting in favor of the end of the 6x1 scale through an electoral maneuver, without attending the vote in person in the Senate. The PEC was approved in two rounds with 75 votes in favor and only one against, a victory for the Lula government 11 days before the second presidential round. Erika Hilton is the author of the PEC attached to the proposal and states that, if elected, Flávio Bolsonaro would reverse it.

The Senate approved the PEC in two rounds that ends the 6x1 scale, guaranteeing two days off per week without salary reduction. The proposal received 75 votes in favor and 1 against, with support from the senators from Pará and victory for the Lula government.

The president of the TSE, Kassio Nunes Marques, took decisions that favor Flávio Bolsonaro's campaign, including censorship of electoral polls, taking down campaign posts and use of police power over social networks, contradicting his initial promise of containment and generating concern among court colleagues about a possible attempt to provoke intervention by the STF.

The Senate approved PEC 221 in two rounds, which ends the 6x1 work schedule, reducing the weekly shift from 44 to 40 hours without a salary reduction. There were 75 votes in favor and 1 against, from Senator Hamilton Mourão. The change will be gradual: first to 42 hours after 60 days of promulgation, then to 40 hours after 12 months. The vote took place in the context of the presidential dispute between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva celebrated the approval of the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution that ends the 6x1 work schedule, guaranteeing two days of paid time off per week without a salary reduction. The PEC was approved by 75 votes in favor and one against, with Senator Hamilton Mourão being the only vote against. The change reduces the working week from 44 to 40 hours, with a transition period of two months to 42 hours and then one year to 40 hours, excluding workers with higher education who earn more than R$21,188 per month.

The Federal Senate approved, in the second round, the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution that ends the 6x1 work schedule, with 75 votes in favor and one against, repeating the result of the first round. The vote took place after the rejection of a PSDB amendment that sought to exclude professions with weekly working hours of less than 40 hours.