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Brazil moves toward a shorter workweek: Brazil was set to join other Latin American countries that have shortened working hours as the lower house approved a ...
apnews.com/article/brazil-workweek-40-hours-lula-2ff84de60080d1df685a418634e42474

Brazil’s Lower House Approves End of the 6×1 Workweek: The lower house passed the amendment, known as PEC 221/19, in two rounds late on Wednesday ...
riotimesonline.com/brazils-lower-house-approves-end-of-the-6x1-workweek/
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OpinionHow Shorter Workweeks Shaped Lula’s Comeback: Lula's comeback offers a powerful lesson: Ambitious economic policies can capture voters' imaginations when ...
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Paid articlePaywall Closure of Bayrak in Rehburg-Loccum: New mayor is now crisis manager: The closure of Bayrak in Rehburg-Loccum comes during the first week in office for the new ...
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32-hour workweek with no pay cut sound nice? It could happen under a bill before Congress
nj.com/news/2026/11/32-hour-workweek-with-no-pay-cut-sound-nice-it-could-happen-under-a-bill-before-congress.html

How the 40-hour workweek began: 10 U.S. labor milestones from 1791 to 1938: The history of the 40-hour workweek runs through 10 U.S. labor milestones ...
qz.com/history-40-hour-workweek-labor-milestones

Brazil approves 40-hour workweek reform, guarantees 2 days off without salary cuts | Trending
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Brazil's Senate approves a shorter workweek in major win for Lula ahead of runoff
bnnbloomberg.ca/business/international/2026/10/15/brazils-senate-approves-a-shorter-workweek-in-major-win-for-lula-ahead-of-runoff/

Bernie Sanders' 32-hour workweek plan could make life 'more unaffordable,' Club for Growth president warns
foxbusiness.com/media/bernie-sanders-32-hour-workweek-plan-could-make-life-more-unaffordable-club-growth-president-warns

Lula’s Flagship Workweek Reform Stalls in a Hostile Senate: Lula's flagship reform to end Brazil's six-day workweek is stuck in the Senate ...
riotimesonline.com/brazil-6x1-workweek-pec-senate-stalled-lula-2026/

It’s Well Past Time for a Four-Day Workweek: Experiments with a shorter workweek have shown that shown that working fewer hours improves worker well-being and ...
jacobin.com/2026/06/schor-four-day-workweek-labor

Brazil Moves to End 6×1 Work Scale, Cut Week to 40 Hours: Brazil is moving to end the 6x1 work scale and cut the workweek from 44 to 40 hours without pay cuts ...
riotimesonline.com/brazil-pec-6x1-end-40-hour-workweek-lula-may-2026/

Paid articlePaywall What’s Stopping the 4-Day Workweek?: Answers to HBR readers’ questions about what it really takes to implement a shorter workweek.
hbr.org/2026/04/whats-stopping-the-4-day-workweek

South Korea takes one step towards 4.5-day workweek — banks to close one hour early on Fridays
firstpost.com/world/south-korea-takes-one-step-towards-4-5-day-workweek-banks-to-close-one-hour-early-on-fridays-ws-e-13970451.html
What ever happened to the four-day workweek?: Dreams of a four-day workweek might have cooled alongside the job market, but backers still hope that more people ...
businessinsider.com/what-ever-happened-to-the-four-day-workweek-2025-11

10 countries where the workweek is getting shorter fastest: Countries around the world are proving that working less can mean producing more ...
qz.com/countries-workweek-getting-shorter

Zoom’s CEO agrees with Bill Gates, Jensen Huang, and Jamie Dimon: A 3-day workweek is coming soon thanks to AI
fortune.com/2025/09/15/zoom-ceo-eric-yuan-three-day-workweek-ai-automation-human-jobs-replaced-future-of-work/

Spain moves forward with a proposed law to shorten the working week to 37.5 hours
euronews.com/next/2025/05/07/spain-moves-forward-with-a-proposed-law-to-shorten-the-working-work-to-375-hours
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