The government is offering greater flexibility in the distribution of working hours in a bid to convince employers to accept the transition to a 37.5-hour week, instead of the current 40 hours. Employers are hoping for compensation in return.
After weeks of deadlock, discussions have resumed between Spain’s government and the social partners on the preparation of a bill to reduce working hours. Joaquín Pérez Rey, state secretary for employment, has put new proposals on the table to make the legal transition to a 37.5-hour working week more flexible. One of the options would be to distribute up to 10% of annual working time in an ad hoc manner, basing these calculations on the hours currently included in collective agreements....
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Cécile Thibaud
Freelance