The lower house passed a constitutional amendment cutting Brazil's 44-hour, six-day workweek to 40 hours — but the Senate hasn't scheduled its vote.

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…