Brazil’s minister of management, Esther Dweck, announced that daily work hours will be changed around the Fifa Women’s World Cup Schedule for civil servants.
Brazil’s group stage games in Australia are broadcasted in the early hours of the morning in Brazil due to the time change. Dweck’s announcement details that civil servants can report for duty up to two hours after the final whistle.
Brazil’s central banks has also postponed the release of economic output and inflation figures by a day in expectation for employee absences for Brazil’s first game appearance at tournament.
A government minister in Brazil announced a change in office hours during the #FIFAWWC to allow for the public to support @SelecaoFeminina. 🇧🇷
— When the games are at 7:30 AM, work starts at 11 AM
— When the games are at 8 AM, work starts at 12 PM pic.twitter.com/7agz2KjyUM— Attacking Third (@AttackingThird) July 19, 2023
“On days when the games are held at 7:30 am, the working hours will start at 11am Brasilia time,” said an ordinance, “On days when the games are held at 8:00am, the working hours will start at 12:00 pm Brasilia time.”
Brazil is in Group F, with their first game is on Monday, July 24, against Panama in Adelaide, Australia.
“It is a measure of equity to give civil servants wishing to watch the matches the same rights as during the men’s World Cup,” the minister for management and innovation, Esther Dweck, said in a statement.