The Chilean Congress will reduce the working day by five hours for all workers. The law was one of the main projects of President Gabriel Boric.
The reform had been presented in 2017, and makes the country the second in Latin America with the shortest work week, after Ecuador.
He Chilean Congress approved this April 11 a bill to reduce the 45 current hours to 40 weekly hours the working day. This used to be one of the main projects promoted by legislators of the Communist Party (CP) and by the Government of gabriel boricand was in parliamentary process for six years.
The regulations, which already had half the approval of the Senatehad 127 votes in favor, 14 against and 3 abstentions in the Chamber of Deputies, and it was ready to become law when promulgated by the president. The law enforcement it will be done gradually over a period of five years from the first year it is published in the Official Gazette.
The reduction in working hours will be applied with the formula 1-2-2, which means that during the first year one hour is reduced; in the third year two more hours, and in the fifth year the remaining two.
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The regulations include, among other benefits for workers, workers’ compensation extraordinary hours for up to five additional holidays, in addition to establishing exceptional work systems and the matchday four by three (4×3)which consider areas such as mining, fishing or tourism.
The law provides for the possibility of working four days and rest three (unlike current legislation, which requires a minimum of five business days). In addition, consider the possibility of making a maximum of 5 overtime per week (currently you can do up to 12 extra hours).
In this way, the new law can be promulgated before the may 1Labor Day, so it would start operating on the same date in 2024, ending its full implementation in 2028. “Today it has been shown that, although some thought it was impossible to advance a better quality of life for workers in our country, yes we can”, said the Minister of Labor, Jeanette Jara.
Source: Ambito
