Spain’s 37.5-Hour Week: 12 Extra Days Off?

Spain’s 37.5-Hour week: 12 extra days off?

When Spain announced plans to trim the standard working week from 40 to 37.5 hours, many of us wondered: Will my holiday entitlement take a hit? The short answer is no. In fact, if your employer can’t adjust your hours straight away, you could end up with more days off than ever before. Under Spanish law, every worker is entitled to 22 working days of paid annual leave. That figure isn’t… Source

The reduction in working hours is still blocked in the negotiations before it reaches Parliament, although each one knows more about it and it is known how it can affect key sectors of our economy: that of supermarkets.According to the sector, the impact will be 630 million euros. This is what the main employer of this sector, Asedas, who has given the figure in a letter sent to Vice President Yolanda Díaz. As Ángel Expósito explains in La Lante…