Reducing working time from eight to six hours a day was part of the draft reform of the constitution, rejected by a referendum in December 2007. However, this measure, proposed by the government again, will be included in the next of labor law, currently being examined by Parliament. This reform also introduces more worker participation in businesses and provides for tougher sanctions in the event of unfair dismissal. (Ref. 080909)
The new Organic Labor Act (LOT) will
probably be approved in 2009 by the National Assembly, mostly composed of political parties
close to the government. Last week, Venezuelan MPs rejected the possibility to
vote the initiative on the reduction of working time in an isolated and express
way by the end of 2008, on account that going from eight to six hours was
already included in the text. The plan to reshape the LOT has been under study
for five years at the Parliament, even though the chapter
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