The government is now beginning procedures to reduce the working day to 37.5 hours per week. The Executive will only agree on the measure with the unions. Behind him No responsible for the CEOE-Cepyme employers’ union for the reduction of working hours, the Ministry of Labor has decided move forward only with worker representatives.
“The government is now starting the legislative process”announced Joaquín Pérez Rey, Secretary of State for Labor, after the meeting held this Thursday with social agents. In the coming days, the ministry will try to reach an agreement with the unions, although only “technical adjustments” are pending.
Pérez Rey explained that This Friday the public consultation prior to the bill will be publishedwhich will directly include this reduction in working time to 37.5 hours because “there is no material time” for the intermediate level of 38.5 hours.
What will be published, underlined the Secretary of State, is the “announcement” of the government’s intention to reduce working hours, which is why these “adjustments” with the trade union organizations are still possible.
According to the number two According to Yolanda Díaz, “the scenario was predictable, the employers had already announced that they would not conclude any agreement despite the sustained efforts of the government, despite the options and alternatives proposed.”
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