The Second Vice President of the Government and Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz, announced on Tuesday that the rule that will regulate the reduction of working hours will be approved as a bill under urgent procedure, so that the agreement will be respected. . of government between the PSOE and Sumar which sets the reduction of the weekly working day to 38.5 hours this year and to 37.5 hours in 2025. The reform an agreement is still pending within social dialoguewhere it has been stuck since before the summer and without consensus with businessmen and unions.
“In the parliamentary process we will accelerate as much as possible,” said Díaz, who intends to accelerate the application of the measure through the aforementioned urgent legal route. The second vice-president insisted that “more than the deadlines”, we must look at the activities where there could be difficulties in the application of this measure.
During the press conference following the Council of Ministers, the second vice-president assured that during the last meeting of the negotiating table with unions and businessmen, “there was progress” , since It was “the first time that the Spanish employers’ union entered the hard core of the negotiations”.
Thus, the minister was “absolutely convinced” that there is a possibility of agreement with social agents “because it is one of the most sensitive measures for Spanish citizens.” “It is no coincidence that even Vox voters want this measure to be implemented,” he stressed.
The second vice-president is confident that the next meeting of the board of directors, scheduled for next Friday, will make it possible to continue to advance negotiations with CCOO, UGT, CEOE and Cepyme. “I am not going to get up from this table. I have infinite patience,” defended the minister.
He also recalled that the negotiation also includes changes to timekeeping, digital disconnection or irregular working hours and that they plan to implement a support plan for SMEs. “The government’s commitment is clear and the support plan is essential so that there are no first and second class workers,” he stressed.
