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Spain’s Labor Minister Yolanda has proposed to work hours.
The Spain government has decided to cut employees in working hours in a week. Labor Minister Yolanda Diaz presented the proposal about this at a weekly meeting of the cabinet on Tuesday.
In this proposal, it has been decided to reduce the working hours from 40 to 37.5 hours every week, which was approved by the cabinet. Now it will be introduced in Parliament.
The proposal of the Employees Association, or the organizations of the jobs, opposed this proposal. However, despite this, Minister Diaz introduced it.
Diaz is the leader of Summer, a staunch leftist party of Spain. This party is part of the formation government of Spain. Labor Minister Diaz is also deputy PM in the Spain government.
The new rules will be implemented without cutting the salary of employees.
Increase the productivity of employees and to improve life aim
Talking to the media, Labor Minister Diaz said that the purpose of this proposal is to reduce the productivity of employees by reducing the work hours and improve their lives.
This bill is yet to be approved by Parliament. According to Reuters, the government led by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez does not have a clear majority in Parliament.
To pass this bill, they have to take the support of small parties. But it is not going to be so easy. These parties are making different demands regarding the bill. In such a situation, the balance between them will be an important challenge for Sanchez.
Support of small parties is also necessary for Sanchez to remain in power.
Demonstrations took place last year on reducing work hours
In September last year, there were demonstrations in Spain to reduce working hours. Spain’s major unions were pressurizing the working hours of companies and government. PM Sanchez started efforts to persuade companies from September itself.
On the other hand, the European Central Bank also submitted a report to make a productivity difference between Spain and its rivals.