The Minister of Economy, Carlos Corps, said Monday that the Government calendar for the reduction of the working day at 37 and a half hours contemplates that it is approved in the Council of Ministers next Tuesday, February 4.
Speaking to journalists, body has assured that this Monday the project will continue to advance in the Delegate Commission of the Government of Economic Affairs (CDGAE), the previous step to move on “to the Subsecretaries Commission and, then, to the Council of Ministers ”, As explained by the minister himself.
“It was important that this discussion is brought precisely to the organ [la CDGAE] where the ministers are present with powers in economic matters, ”he said. As admitted, one of the issues that this delegated commission of Economic Affairs will address is whether this project will be processed ordinary or urgently. In addition, body has underlined the need to guarantee that agreement also in Congress, with a parliamentary majority.
As for the letter registered by the CEOE in which he denounces the unconstitutionality of the reduction of the working day, body has maintained its position that the important thing is to help companies in this process so that the project is “a guarantee and a success ”
For the government, “it is essential to be able to combine two elements: an ambition in the conquest of social rights for workers and a balance in the design of the norm itself, so that this right is guaranteed without this implying an element Negative for SMEs, ”concluded the Minister of Economy.
Body confirms with these statements that the internal conflict within the Executive for the reduction of the working day has been loosening. Work and economy approached positions in the middle of this month of January, after a meeting between ministers Yolanda Díaz and the head of Economics.
In work, two demands have sustained: that the rule is processed by the urgency route in the Council of Ministers and that the agreement signed with the unions is respected. Yolanda Díaz has insisted that the emergency process is necessary to ensure that the legislation is in force in 2025, as collected by the coalition agreement between PSOE and add. By ordinary route they indicate that its approval can be delayed beyond this goal.
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