Experts predict tension in negotiations following rejection of working hours reduction

The rejection of the reduction in working hours in Congress leads experts to predict increased tensions in negotiations with trade unions. Issues such as time control and digital disconnection are already being used in collective bargaining, and companies believe that the reduction in working hours to 37.5 hours will also be introduced in the negotiation of agreements by trade unions.

Blanca Liñán, a partner in the labour law department, comments in El Español (for subscribers only): ‘The unions are going to apply pressure and make noise at the collective bargaining tables.’ In addition, our labour lawyer adds that ‘it is not entirely feasible to develop regulations’ because, following Congress's rejection of the reduction in working hours, ‘it does not call for the drafting of any lower-level regulations’.