After meeting with the Secretary of Labor and Social Security and Social Security, Marath Baruch, he commented that the project already comes with the consensus of the organizations that make up the Business Coordinating Council and will directly benefit 13 and a half million workers.
For his part, Marath opened the possibility of having two days of rest per week, since the initiative establishes that it will only be one day.
“What we are going to do is constitutionally leave, with great clarity, 40 hours a week. Adding this to the fact that there are eight hours of daily work, we are very clear that it gives precisely that margin so that there are five days of work a week,” he declared.
The presidential proposal modifies article 123 of the Constitution so that the working day is 40 hours per week and, for every six days of work, workers must enjoy at least one day of rest with full salary.
However, the 40 hours per week will be achieved gradually, it will not be immediate; That is, in 2026 the day will remain at 48 hours as is currently in the legislation and the decrease will be two hours per year until 2030, when 40 is achieved.
However, organizations such as the National Front for 40 hours have expressed their concern about the content of this reform, because two days of rest are not established.
