Urkullu, about the 4-day journey: “It is complex and delicate, we want to do it carefully and without imposing”
The lehendakari of the Basque Government has indicated that it will be done respecting the will of the companies and workers. “It is not a question of imposing anything, but of also experimenting with what has been possible to do in other places”, he underlined.
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After last week the Second Vicelehendakari of the Basque Government and Minister of Labor and Employment, Idoia Mendiaput on the table the possibility of establishing a 4-day work week, the Lehendakari of the Basque Government, Inigo Urkulluhas indicated that it is a matter “complex and delicate” that the Basque Government is going to do “with great care”.
The lehendakari has announced that the possibility of maintaining productivity and wages will be taken into account. Likewise, he has indicated that the diversity of sectors to which this four-working-day weekday could be considered will be valued, and has stressed that it will always be done respecting the will of the companies and workers.
“The key is that, as it has been possible up to now, through an agreement between businessmen and women, and workers and workers, with a voluntary assumption of an initiative of this type,” he indicated.
In an interview carried out this morning on Radio Euskadi, the Minister of Economy and Finance, Pedro Azpiazu, has said that he only sees the four-day workday as possible if productivity allows it. Likewise, he added that reducing the weekly working day to four days is a “very difficult” issue and that it would be very difficult to “generalize” given the “heterogeneity” of the companies.
Mendia announced on Friday in the Basque Parliament that he will propose to the Social Dialogue Table the creation of a labor innovation working group, with a research with a practical test and final evaluation, which will include the implementation of the four-day work week with no reduction in wages and no increase in hourscodetermination in the workplace, “giving more role to workers”, and “exploring” teleworking and conciliation.
Source: Eitb
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