He PIT-CNT presented his project for reduce working hours before the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MTSS), which seeks to increase the weekly workload from 48 to 40 hours per week without modifying salaries.
This Tuesday, the president of the trade union center, Marcelo Abdalaled the press conference where the technical reports of the project were presented, which will also be presented to the presidential candidates of the different political parties.
In that sense, Abdala He indicated that the reduction of the working day to 40 hours a week with 48-hour pay “has a positive impact on the productivity” and generates benefits for the health of workers.
“The prospect is that in our country a law will be approved that establishes a maximum number of hours in the 40 hours per week with payment of 48 and in turn that this law is implemented or discussed at the level of the branch of activity through collective bargaining,” he added.
“It’s a global debate”
For its part, the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Mario Ariztiacknowledged in a press conference that the issue of reducing working hours is a “global debate” and that “it is always on the table.” “It is a topic to be discussed. We must not refuse to discuss working hours as a whole,” said the leader.
However, the head of the MTSS stressed the importance of “distributing working hours during the week” and the need for legislation that leaves room for collective bargaining.
“There are many sectors that distribute their working hours through collective bargaining and adjust to the reality of that sector,” explained Arizti, who does not believe that the reduction in hours will impact jobs.
“We have a clear example in France And there is also the danger, which occurs in some sectors, where working hours are reduced and then a second job is sought,” he said in this regard.
Source: Ambito
