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Brazilian Chamber unlocks agenda after government drops urgency on 6‑day work‑scale reform
The federal government withdrew the constitutional urgency of Project Law 1838/26, which would eliminate the 6‑day‑work‑1‑day‑off (6×1) schedule and set a 40‑hour week with two days of paid rest. The move, announced during a leaders’ meeting on 16 June, freed the Chamber of Deputies to consider other pending bills. Chamber President Hugo Motta (Republicanos‑PB) convened the meeting, with Deputy Leo Prates designated as relator for the proposal. Motta said the agenda will now include the regulation of artificial intelligence, the increase of the micro‑entrepreneur (MEI) revenue ceiling and the criminalisation of misogyny (PL 896/23). The removal of urgency is intended to unblock the plenary ahead of the electoral calendar and to allow the discussed projects to be voted later in the month.