The concession made to Brazilian congresswomen will allow female workers in the private enterprise to retire with full pay five years before men.
During a Thursday (Jul 11) lecture at Brazil’s National Confederation of Industry (CNI), Marcos Cintra, special secretary for the Brazilian Revenue Service, said the approval of the pension overhaul in the first round at the lower house underscores the “unblocking” in the orga
After eight hours of debates, Brazil’s lower house approved the main text of the reform in the country’s pension system at a Wednesday evening (Jul 10) floor session. The overhaul received 379 favorable votes against 131 opposing it.
Brazil’s lower house finished the discussion phase of the reform in the country’s pension system—the constitutional amendment bill known as PEC 6/19. A requirement to do that was voted 358–118 during a floor session, so the first round of vote on the matter starts today.
A plenary session at the Brazilian lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, is set to start discussing the constitutional amendment bill on the overhaul in the country’s pension system today (Jul 9).