On the table is the reduction, without a reduction in salary, to 38.5 hours per week in 2024 and up to 37.5 hours in 2025.
The Ministry of Labor and Social Economy of the Government of Spain will meet this Monday with CC. OO., UGT, CEOE and Cepyme to debate the draft of the preliminary bill on the reduction of the maximum legal working daywithout salary reduction, up to 38.5 hours per week in 2024 and up to 37.5 hours in 2025.
The meeting will be held at 12:00 p.m. at the Ministry and will take place after the social agents received last Friday the text prepared by the Department headed by Yolanda Díaz on one of the legislature’s star measures: the reduction of working day, an initiative that is accompanied by a reform of the time record to guarantee that companies comply with legal limits on working time.
According to the draft, the violation of the rules and legal or agreed limits regarding working hours, night work, overtime, complementary hours, breaks, vacations, permits, recording of working hours and, in general, working time is They will punish, to a minimum degree, with fines of 1000 to 2000 euros; at its medium level, from 2001 to 5,000 euros and, at its maximum level, from 5,001 to 10,000 euros.
The text sets as its main objective the reduction of the weekly working day (on an annual average) from 40 to 38.5 hours during 2024 and to 37.5 hours on January 1, 2025.
But it also introduces changes in the workday record that was implemented in companies to ensure that it is truly effective. This new registry will be digital and accessible, automatically, for each worker, union representatives and the Labor and Social Security Inspection.
The Working draft refers to a regulation, which plans to approve within six monthsfor the development of the legal contents of the registry, and establishes that the specification of its operation will be established by collective bargaining or company agreement or, failing that, by decision of the employer after information and consultation with the union representatives.
Source: Eitb
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