{
  "id": 14708781,
  "title": "Brazil cuts work week to 40 hours in win for Lula ahead of runoff",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/brazil-cuts-work-week-to-40-hours-in-win-for-lula-ahead-of-runoff-14708781",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-15T02:45:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/15/brazil-cuts-work-week-to-40-hours-lula-bolsonaro-election-runoff"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Congress approves constitutional amendment that bans six-day workweeks, which could affect up to 30 million Brazil’s congress has approved a constitutional amendment to shorten the working week to a maximum of 40 hours, a move that could affect 30 million workers and that will hand a political victory to the leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ahead of the presidential runoff in under two…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}