# Translation The Minister of Entrepreneurship, Micro and Small Business (MEMP), Paulo Henrique Pereira, said this Thursday (28th) that the federal government is studying the expansion of employee hiring by individual microentrepreneurs (MEIs), following the approval of changes to Brazilian workers' work schedules. On the evening of Wednesday (27th), the Chamber of Deputies plenary approved Constitutional Amendment Proposal (PEC) 221/2019, which ends the six-day work schedule with one day off (6x1 shift) and reduces the weekly workday from 44 to 40 hours, without salary reductions. The measure goes to the Federal Senate for analysis and voting.