“Brazil's Senate has approved… 75 votes to one… hundreds of supporters protested… Brazilians have woken up and will not accept setbacks.”

World Business Report · Brazil cuts working week from six days to five

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What was described

approved a constitutional amendment reducing the legal work week from six days to five and weekly hours from 44 to 40

75 votes to 1; affects ~50 million formal employees (≈75% of formal sector)

“We worked 11 hours a day for seven days a week for probably five years.”

Tim League

How I Built This with Guy Raz · 2026-10-12

Hard number 11 hrs/day × 7 days × ≈ 5 years Share this moment

“I used to tell people, my job is to sit in meetings 12 hours a day, five days a week. I worked on the weekend too. So I worked 63 hours a week.”

Eric Schmidt

In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen · 2026-10-21

How they work 12 hrs meetings per day, 63 hrs week Share this moment

“She notes that spending five hours a week for eight weeks equals 40 hours of time, which should be added as a cost.”

Rosie Holt

Best Business Podcast with Rosie Holt · 2026-10-21

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“I'd rather you consistently work for two hours a week or five hours a week for 90 days than create an impossible schedule.”

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2026-10-15

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