Spain’s Sanchez Agrees to Cut Workweek to 37.5 Hours in Deal With Far Left
- Acting Premier Sanchez has until Nov. 27 to form a government
- It’s unlikely that cut to workweek will get final approval
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Spain’s Socialist Party and the far-left group Sumar agreed to cut weekly working hours as part of talks to try to form a coalition government.
The workweek would drop to 37.5 hours from 40 hours at present, according to the plan unveiled by acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Labor Minister Yolanda Diaz in Madrid on Tuesday as they presented the coalition agreement between the premier’s Socialists and Diaz’s Sumar party.