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Spain to Reduce Maximum Legal Workweek to 37.5 Hours
Spain's Council of Ministers will approve a bill reducing the maximum legal workweek to 37.5 hours by 2025, impacting 12.5 million employees, with the greatest reductions in hospitality, information and communications, commerce, and agriculture sectors; while education, public administration and fin...
Spain to Reduce Maximum Legal Workweek to 37.5 Hours
Spain's Council of Ministers will approve a bill reducing the maximum legal workweek to 37.5 hours by 2025, impacting 12.5 million employees, with the greatest reductions in hospitality, information and communications, commerce, and agriculture sectors; while education, public administration and fin...
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44% Bias Score
Spain to Reduce Maximum Workweek to 37.5 Hours
Spain's government is fast-tracking a bill to reduce the maximum workweek to 37.5 hours by December 31, 2025, including provisions for part-time contracts and digital disconnection rights, following an agreement with unions but excluding the CEOE.
Spain to Reduce Maximum Workweek to 37.5 Hours
Spain's government is fast-tracking a bill to reduce the maximum workweek to 37.5 hours by December 31, 2025, including provisions for part-time contracts and digital disconnection rights, following an agreement with unions but excluding the CEOE.
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36% Bias Score
German Law on Employee Training Time: Mandatory vs. Non-Mandatory
In Germany, mandatory job-related training is paid work time; however, for non-mandatory training, compensation depends on individual agreements between employer and employee, encompassing partial paid leave, cost-sharing, or overtime.
German Law on Employee Training Time: Mandatory vs. Non-Mandatory
In Germany, mandatory job-related training is paid work time; however, for non-mandatory training, compensation depends on individual agreements between employer and employee, encompassing partial paid leave, cost-sharing, or overtime.
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36% Bias Score
Spanish Government Coalition Divided Over Workday Reduction Proposal
A dispute between Spain's Ministry of Labor and Ministry of Economy over a proposal to reduce the workday to 37.5 hours highlights tensions within the governing coalition, with accusations of the latter blocking the proposal despite earlier pledges.
Spanish Government Coalition Divided Over Workday Reduction Proposal
A dispute between Spain's Ministry of Labor and Ministry of Economy over a proposal to reduce the workday to 37.5 hours highlights tensions within the governing coalition, with accusations of the latter blocking the proposal despite earlier pledges.
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52% Bias Score
EU Court Mandates Work Hour Recording for Spanish Domestic Employees
The European Court of Justice mandated that Spanish employers must record the daily working hours of domestic employees, a decision stemming from a 2019 ruling and impacting worker rights and potentially triggering legal challenges. This follows a 2019 Spanish law requiring work hour tracking for al...
EU Court Mandates Work Hour Recording for Spanish Domestic Employees
The European Court of Justice mandated that Spanish employers must record the daily working hours of domestic employees, a decision stemming from a 2019 ruling and impacting worker rights and potentially triggering legal challenges. This follows a 2019 Spanish law requiring work hour tracking for al...
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48% Bias Score
Royal Melbourne Hospital Reverses Nurse Hours Cut Plan; Pressure Mounts on The Alfred
The Royal Melbourne Hospital reversed its plan to cut early-career nurses' hours from four to three days a week following criticism, while The Alfred hospital faces pressure to do the same after reducing its 2025 graduate nurse hours to 24 hours per week without consultation.
Royal Melbourne Hospital Reverses Nurse Hours Cut Plan; Pressure Mounts on The Alfred
The Royal Melbourne Hospital reversed its plan to cut early-career nurses' hours from four to three days a week following criticism, while The Alfred hospital faces pressure to do the same after reducing its 2025 graduate nurse hours to 24 hours per week without consultation.
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60% Bias Score
Spanish Employers Reject Government's Work Hour Reduction
Spanish employers' groups, CEOE and ATA, strongly reject the government's proposed reduction of the work week to 37.5 hours, planning to actively lobby against it in parliament; the government approved the measure despite the employers' opposition, citing 11 months of unsuccessful tripartite negotia...
Spanish Employers Reject Government's Work Hour Reduction
Spanish employers' groups, CEOE and ATA, strongly reject the government's proposed reduction of the work week to 37.5 hours, planning to actively lobby against it in parliament; the government approved the measure despite the employers' opposition, citing 11 months of unsuccessful tripartite negotia...
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48% Bias Score
Spanish SMEs' Strong Financials Defy Claims of Reduced Workweek Inviability
Data from the Bank of Spain and AEAT shows Spanish SMEs' profitability and productivity have increased significantly since 2019, refuting claims that a reduction in working hours to 37.5 is economically unfeasible; low debt levels and increased productivity support the change.
Spanish SMEs' Strong Financials Defy Claims of Reduced Workweek Inviability
Data from the Bank of Spain and AEAT shows Spanish SMEs' profitability and productivity have increased significantly since 2019, refuting claims that a reduction in working hours to 37.5 is economically unfeasible; low debt levels and increased productivity support the change.
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48% Bias Score
10 Million Spaniards Exceed Legal Workweek Amidst Proposed Reduction
In Spain's third quarter of 2024, 10,011,700 employed individuals worked 40+ hours weekly, exceeding the legal limit, despite a proposed reduction to 37.5 hours facing political opposition.
10 Million Spaniards Exceed Legal Workweek Amidst Proposed Reduction
In Spain's third quarter of 2024, 10,011,700 employed individuals worked 40+ hours weekly, exceeding the legal limit, despite a proposed reduction to 37.5 hours facing political opposition.
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52% Bias Score
Spanish Union Rejects Government Claims on Reduced Work Week
The secretary general of Spain's UGT union, Pepe Álvarez, criticized the Ministry of Economy's opposition to a deal with the Ministry of Labor to reduce the work week to 37.5 hours, arguing that the claims of negative impacts on SMEs are false and align with employer groups resisting labor reform; t...
Spanish Union Rejects Government Claims on Reduced Work Week
The secretary general of Spain's UGT union, Pepe Álvarez, criticized the Ministry of Economy's opposition to a deal with the Ministry of Labor to reduce the work week to 37.5 hours, arguing that the claims of negative impacts on SMEs are false and align with employer groups resisting labor reform; t...
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48% Bias Score
Disagreement within Spanish Government over 37.5-Hour Workweek Implementation Timeline
Spain's government is divided over the implementation timeline of a new law reducing the maximum legal workday to 37.5 hours by December 31, 2025, with the Economy Minister proposing a gradual approach until 2026 to ensure business adaptability and secure parliamentary support, while the Labor Minis...
Disagreement within Spanish Government over 37.5-Hour Workweek Implementation Timeline
Spain's government is divided over the implementation timeline of a new law reducing the maximum legal workday to 37.5 hours by December 31, 2025, with the Economy Minister proposing a gradual approach until 2026 to ensure business adaptability and secure parliamentary support, while the Labor Minis...
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40% Bias Score
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