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Spain’s acting government to push for a 37½-hour workweek. That's if it can remain in power
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FILE - A billboard with working schedules hangs from the wall as Mar Parreno, left, and Mario Perez, two of the founders of the Factoria 5 digital design company, work in their office in Madrid, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. The parties forming Spain’s acting government said Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, they will push for a 37½-hour workweek as part of an agreement the coalition partners struck as they try to remain in power following an inconclusive election in July. Spain has had a 40-work week for the past two decades. - photo by AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza, File
MADRID (AP) — The parties forming Spain’s acting government said Tuesday that they will push for a 37½-hour workweek as part of an agreement the coalition partners struck as they try to remain in power following an inconclusive election in July. Spain has had a 40-hour workweek for the past two decades. Now, the government wants to move toward a shorter workweek like in neighboring France, where the workweek is 35 hours.