Plan of the Ministry of Labor to reduce the law. The working day up to 37.5 hours a week begins, this week a difficult parliamentary trip, which has only confidence. If the purpose of the vice president of Joland Diaz was successful, Spain, Not to follow the prevailing trend in the European Union, This will become an extreme case, according to comparison that EUROSTAT and EU Eurofound data allow you to install. It is not surprising that this will have the second most limited legal limit for working time of the entire European club, with the exception of 35 hours prevailing in France since the beginning of this century.
Even a comparison with a neighboring country is very nuanced, since in practice the measure of the socialist government Lionel Jospin with flexibility, which in no case is planned in the text, that Montloa will reach the congress of deputies.
In particular, France allows the day to extend to 35 hours With a compensation system, which, far from limiting inspections and fines, offers the possibility of negotiations about recreation periods or more extensive leave. In addition, Galas Companies can access the conclusions when paying their quotes, which, in Spanish business, are not considered in addition to the possibility that the AD Accpe Accove Accove Ad HOC created AIDS that could not convince employers.
EUROSTAT and EU Europe statistics show how the most common regulatory model in the trade union is one that notes as a link to the weekly 40 hours, and Spain is now Italy, Greece and a large group of eastern countries and north of the old continent.
Outside of this segment, Germany and the Netherlands are located, in which the law establishes the top 48 hours a week, extension up to 60, if additional hours are considered – with appropriate compensation from the point of view of the bonus for salaries and other advantages.
Belgium, with his 38 -hour roof, is close to the goal pursued by the Vice President Diaz. Nevertheless, its small size makes this economy a kind of laboratory for such labor experiments. He has not missed this since 2022, he also offers companies the opportunity to spend the working week for only four days, although this last experience does not give the results that were recognized as recognized by the government itself.
Effective working hours
In addition to the provisions of the rules, if it descends in real days, it is in the labor market, there is no need to wait for the publication of 37.5 hours a week to find anomalies in Spain. Already in 2024, active research of the population of this exercise They registered the historical minimums of effective working time, going down to the environment 35 in certain sectors.
In addition to EPA, in order to get a clearer photo, you must move on to Eurostat data, which calculate the average value of the real hours working like a day, albeit with a quarter sticker in relation to the data of the National Statistical Institute. What is valued is that the full -time employees exceed 36.3 on average in the fourth quarter and partially up to 19.3 hours. But since these data fluctuate greatly for seasonal reasons, the average annual average is 37.8 hours a week for the first and 19.6 for the latter.
This contrast indicates the condemnation of trade unions: many companies use advantages to reduce one or two hours of work and, therefore, a lower wage. Although this is not a generalized practice, This situation in labor employment has still influenced 1.6 million workers in Spain, The exact year ago, the largest number of European union.
The fact that real working hours in Spain are so few also explains the phenomena already chonified in our country, such as poor performance, for one employee and employee who still pulls the labor market.
