The almost 12 months that have lasted negotiations between the Ministry of Labor and social agents to implement the reduction of working hours have meant at the same time a paralysis in the signing of collective agreements Faced with uncertainty … caused by how the application of 37.5 hours per week in thousands of companies and millions of workers who already have a collective agreement. The negotiations of these agreements between employers and unions have suffered a significant decrease during those months Not knowing how to adapt to the new dayespecially in businesses that have not yet established that reduction.
For 2024 they agreed 845 agreements groups, which affected 2.3 million workers, in front of the 1,146 that were signed in 2023 and that linked the working conditions of 3.6 million employed, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Labor. That is to say, 301 less agreements In a year, they have left without updating the terms that govern the job to 1.3 million Spaniards In all these months.
These records show the doubts that entrepreneurs have when facing collective bargaining in a specific company or a certain sector Without knowing how the new working day will be legislated, as they point out in the employer. In fact, CEOE and Cepyme have already warned of the department directed by Yolanda Díaz that «the announcement of the legal proposal -on the workday – has stopped negotiation collective ». At that time, in December of last year, work was about to sign the final agreement that passed through the table of the Council of Ministers without any exchange.
In that context, the employer also warned that the law “will generate added tensions in collective bargaining ». For the fetic organization, “the impact on trade, hospitality and agriculture, sectors with an” atomization “of agreements, which would” force negotiations “with social conflict has not been contemplated.”
“Complexity” when approved
Both the president of the CEOE, Antonio Garamendi, and that of the Association of Autonomous Ata, Lorenzo Amor, They showed their discrepancy yesterday with the reduction of the day to the second vice president, Yolanda Díaz. «Who believes that an autonomous will hire someone To cover that time hole, he does not know what it is to pay a payroll, ”said love in an informative forum in which he announced that he will be presented to the re -election at the head of the Autonomous Organization.
After being validated by the Council of Ministers, the draft will go through several procedures until it is approved in Congress. That’s where he faces his main challenge in the absence of a majority. Vice President Yolanda Díaz acknowledged yesterday that There are already contacts To carry out the reform. “It will have its complexity and difficulties,” admitted the Executive spokeswoman, Pilar Alegría. All looks are directed to Jonswhose seven votes are essential again, although Díaz asked the PP what position he will take.
Next to him he had the Minister of Economy, Carlos Body, who has advocated applying measures to “accompany” to SMEs. The law sets that on December 31, companies must have adapted. Economy wants flexible deadlines and a deployment by sectors or size, to avoid an impact on the economic fabric. Work insists that the reduction of the day will increase productivity and that, thanks to the margins generated during these years, SMEs would not have problems.
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