On 16 December, Spain’s Ministry of Industry published the details of the pilot project designed to encourage companies with fewer than 250 employees in the industrial sector to switch to a shorter working week. The €10 million project will help SMEs over a period of two years in their efforts to make their operations more efficient, with a view to “reducing working hours, maintaining wages and improving company results”, explains Reyes Maroto, Spanish industry minister.
As Madrid correspondent for mind RH since 2021, I cover news developments in Spain's world of work, focusing on legal developments and collective bargaining, particularly around work-life balance, equality and inclusion policies, which have been hot topics in the country in recent years.