The Minister of Economy, Trade and Enterprise, Carlos Body, warned that the reduction of working hours must be carried out by “minimizing any negative effects it could have” and reiterated the government’s commitment to progress in this area.
“It is important that this progress in reducing working hours is made while minimizing any negative effects it could have,” he said in an interview published this Sunday in The avant-garde and collected by Europe Pressafter he was asked if he supported his advancement, even if only with the support of unions.
Likewise, he stressed that it must be carried out textually, maximizing all the positive effects in terms of a “virtuous circle” between the reduction of working hours, greater productivity of companies and the ability to generate higher wages .
He defended that the new regulations reach “that point of balance” in which the productive sector is not negatively affected, but rather has flexibility in terms of bonuses, entry into force or compatibility with collective bargaining.
“Noise” of singular financing
Regarding the single funding agreed between the PSC and the ERC, he called for avoiding “a bit of noise or confusion” around certain concepts.
He recalled that there is “a very clear concept” which is that of sufficiency of resources so that the autonomous communities can carry out the expenses at their disposal, something associated with a provision under conditions of equality which requires an additional point solidarity between regions, he assured. .
“All these elements are in the agreement. It is a starting point from which it would be advisable not to deviate because it introduces a lot of distortions and perhaps some points of trouble, which I think should not be be discussed at the moment,” he added. he added.
Budgets
Asked about a possible further extension of the General State Budgets (PGE), he declared that they were putting “everything on the table” for the 2025 accounts to be approved.
Faced with a possible call for elections, he defended that they operate in 2024 with budgets extended from 2023 and that they carry out all their commitments.
