The Spanish cabinet passed the measure on Tuesday, which must now pass through parliament before it is expected to come into force by December.
Some studies have shown that cutting working hours may help with people’s work-life balance. However, others have found that it puts employees under more stress to carry out the same amount of work in less time.
A 2004 study for the British Sociological Association found that a French policy to cut the working week to 35 hours produced “inequalities between workers employed in ‘family friendly’ companies and those who have to accept unsocial or flexible hours of work in exchange of a reduction for their working time.”
A study found that a French policy to cut the working week produced inequalities between workers (Photo: Morsa Images/ Getty Images via Digital Vision)However, it said that if working hours were reduced it could result in “work intensification”.
“It is not as good as it seems. It may require many adjustments [for workers] who may find that they end up working more intensively for less hours,” he told The i Paper.
Professor Bretones said that the national policy to reduce the working week may suit some people but not others who had different jobs.
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Read MoreCompanies have also voiced concern. Spain’s main employers’ association, CEOE, says that a shorter working week should not be imposed by law but through collective bargaining with each company able to adapt it to its specific needs.
Teachers, public service employees and workers in the financial sector will not see any change in their working week because they are already covered by labour agreements which limit the working week to 37.5 hours.
Spaniards work an average of 1,632 hours a year, below the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average, but above other European countries such as France, Germany or Finland.
The British work an average of 1,531 hours annually, also below the OECD average of 1,746.
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