Government gives to all companies until the end of the year to reduce working hours to 37 and a half hours

The bill is going to Congress with some novelty, like this margin of adaptation for all companies and not just those that have agreements, in a process negotiated with the workers

A year has passed since the beginning of the implementation of the reduction of working hours in Chile, and the evidence accumulated so far offers lights and shadows that deserve to be analyzed in more depth than the simple balance of normative compliance. Reducing the day alone does not amount to improving the quality of life or productivity. If something we have learned this last year is that the time freed, without a profound transformation i…

La Moncloa, Madrid, Tuesday, May 6, 2025The Executive has also approved the PERTE of the Industrialization of Housing to accelerate and improve the construction and has allocated 1,157 million euros to actions to strengthen cybersecurity and cyber defense.Reference of the Council of Ministers Reduction of the working day (PDF) PERTE of the industrialization of the Housing-Executive Summary (PDF)