He Ministry of Labor offered bonuses in the new recruits that small and medium-sized enterprises must achieve due to the reduction of working hours has 37.5 hours per week.
According to the Secretary of State for Labor, Joaquin Perez ReyThis measure, along with others to support businesses, was presented this morning to the social dialogue table at which the GovernmentEmployers and unions are tackling the reduction of working hours.
“Those bonuses must be directed to those jobsto employment contracts which are concluded for fill in the time left free by the models “when the working day is reduced,” stressed Pérez Rey, who, in any case, indicated that it is not a closed element and that the Labor Party is willing to analyze other avenues.
However, for Pérez Rey, the way in which Labour proposes to help SMEs reduce the working day is to rewarding new permanent contracts carried out by these companies to cover the time slots resulting from the reduction in working hours.
Thus, “the reduction of working time will not only be an element that will allow to increase the productivity and well-being of workers and employers, but it will also allow will allow us to create jobs” he assured.
The objective of this plan, explained Perez Rey, is achieve the reduction of working time to 37.5 hours Every week, it reaches all SMEs, where most of the employment in Spain is concentrated and which represent 90% of the economic fabric.
“The reduction in working hours cannot only concern bank or telecommunications employees. It must also concern small businesses,” said Perez Rey after resuming negotiations with unions and employers on Monday for the reduction of working hours.
