The reduction of the working day in Spain is getting closer and closer. The Council of Ministers held last Tuesday, February 4, approved the preliminary draft bill to process this measure as a matter of urgency. The reduction will mean a decrease from the current 40 hours to 37.5 hours.
In other words, Spanish workers will work half an hour less per day.
The measure promoted by the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy is the first reduction in working hours in 4 decades and will apply to all workers in all sectors without reduction in salary.
However, the question we are all currently asking ourselves is: when will the reduction of the working day come into force? Although there is currently no specific date that we can indicate, since the preliminary draft bill has been approved as a matter of urgency, its implementation could take place before next summer.
However, as we saw just a few weeks ago in the case of the “omnibus decree”, what was approved today has to be processed in the Congress of Deputies and is susceptible to modifications as a result of the amendments presented by the different political parties in the Chamber.
Should it go ahead, the government’s objective is for the future law to enter into force before December 31, 2025.
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