Dino authorizes compensation of days off with a longer deadline
Minister also authorized 8h24 workdays without overtime pay; Congress must define rules for services. Read on Gazeta.
TL;DR
- Flávio Dino ruled that the 42-hour work week can be spread over five days, with daily hours up to 8h24, without overtime pay if no specific agreement is reached by December 15th.
- The ruling allows for flexible compensation of days off, without the strict requirement of two rest days within the same week or month, as long as the entitlement to two paid weekly rest days is maintained.
- Dino appealed to Congress to define rules for differentiated work schedules in specific sectors and for micro and small businesses within six months.
- The deadline for public contracts to adapt to the new work hour amendment was halved from one year to six months.
- The decision addresses potential inequalities for outsourced workers and clarifies that a reduction in working hours does not automatically entitle employees to salary equalization.
- Clauses incompatible with the new work hour model become void from December 16th, but employees have a 90-day window to renegotiate counter-benefits.
- The ruling extends an exception for higher-qualified and higher-paid employees to state-owned company employees who compete with private firms, provided they meet the criteria.