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Chile's Congress passes bill to cut workweek to forty hours

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  1. riQQ
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    After reducing working hours from 45 to 40, Chile will join Ecuador and Venezuela in having Latin America's shortest workweek. The move marks a legislative victory for President Gabriel Boric.

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  2. random
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    While the Brazilian workweek is 44h, this is capped at 8 hours a day. Because many work 5 days a week, that often amounts to 40 hours. Even so, a hard 40h limit would benefit a lot of people....

    While the Brazilian workweek is 44h, this is capped at 8 hours a day. Because many work 5 days a week, that often amounts to 40 hours. Even so, a hard 40h limit would benefit a lot of people.

    Hopefully, this news will inspire our lawmakers.

    Congratulations to Chile!

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