Spain's ministry of labour has opened negotiations with the social partners to move towards a gradual reduction in working hours. The aim is to reduce the current 40-hour working week to 38.5 hours this year and 37.5 hours in 2025.
Yolanda Diaz, Spain’s labour minister, wants to make shorter working hours one of her main objectives, in order to achieve a better work-life balance and encourage a more balanced sharing of responsibilities within families.
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Cécile Thibaud
Correspondent in Spain
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.