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The Spanish Ministry of Labor is studying the feasibility of putting the population to work four days a week, reports the newspaper “El Economista” this Friday, December 4. The proposal is part of the government’s list of measures for 2021, but there are no details yet, as to whether the measure will involve a reduction in wages.
Pablo Iglesias, leader of the Power, and vice president of the Pedro Sánchez government, said in an interview with “TVE” that this measure “without a doubt can favor job creation”, and added that the government does not exclude the possibility of 32 hours of work a week.
The More Country party has a similar proposal that aims to reduce the working day to 32 hours a week, but without cutting wages.
Pablo Iglesias also pointed out that the Ministry of Labor headed by Yolanda Díaz is studying this hypothesis, although it has not advanced a deadline for decision-making. “I have to respect the competence of each minister, and I know that they will study this possibility,” he stressed.
The reduction of working hours, the control of overtime hours and the reconciliation of work and personal life are elements that should be discussed in a debate at the Ministry of Labor.
Last Tuesday, Íñigo Errejón criticized Congress for rejecting the budget amendment that proposed to allocate 50 million euros from the Recovery and Resilience Fund to encourage companies to try to reduce the working day until an increase in production derived from better performance of the employees with this model.
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