Brazil's Chamber of Deputies advanced a reform on Wednesday that would shorten the workweek and give workers two days of rest, a pre-election victory for leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Brazil · Labor Key Facts —The reform: A constitutional amendment would end the 6x1 schedule and cut the workweek from 44 to 40 hours, with two rest day

Brazil was set to join other Latin American countries that have shortened working hours as the lower house approved a constitutional amendment establishing a 40-hour, five-day…