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IrelandEnding Brazil's six-day workweek could raise prices, Waack warns
The commentator cites a central bank inflation warning and argues that weekly hours and shift patterns require different treatment.
BrazilStory of Why this story? One of CNN Brasil's most watched videos since yesterday, with 468,929 views.
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Waack: Banco Central alerta para a conta da escala 6x1 | CNN Brasil
Brazil's debate over ending a six-days-on, one-day-off work schedule is also a debate about who pays for the change, journalist William Waack argues in a studio commentary for Brazil's CNN Brasil.
The arrangement, known as "6x1," gives workers one day off after six working days. Waack draws a distinction between setting a constitutional ceiling on weekly working hours and writing rules about how those hours must be distributed. He argues that different sectors would have been better served by negotiating their own schedules, rather than having the pattern regulated in the Constitution.
According to Waack, the Supreme Federal Court, Brazil's highest constitutional court, is now involved in helping develop a regulatory decree intended to ease operational disruption and allow adjustments through collective agreements. He presents that involvement as an attempt to resolve complications in the reform.
The central bank's warning arrives midway through the brief segment: Waack says the change could create inflationary pressure, particularly in services. He then broadens his criticism to tax reform, arguing that higher taxes and a more complex system would add to costs. He also says Brazil is awaiting what he describes as the world's highest value-added tax rate.
His closing argument contrasts the government's campaign promises with the cost-of-living concerns he sees emerging from its policies. The clip drew roughly 469,000 views since yesterday.
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What does Brazil's "6x1" work schedule mean?
The shorthand describes a schedule of six working days followed by one day off.