Brazil Changes Work Hours In Preparation of FIFA Women's World Cup

Brazil Changes Work Hours In Preparation of FIFA Women's World Cup
Shannon O'Connor
Shannon O'Connor

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.

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“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.

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"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.

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