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PP, Vox and Junts Sink 37.5‑Hour Workweek Bill in 178–170 Vote

Labor minister Yolanda Díaz says she will salvage the digital time‑registration plan by regulation after the defeat.

Concentración convocada por CC OO y UGT ayer en Vigo para apoyar la reducción de jornada.
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Overview

  • Congress approved enmiendas a la totalidad from PP, Vox and Junts (with UPN), halting the bill at 178 votes to 170.
  • The shelved proposal combined a 37.5‑hour statutory week with mandatory digital time registration and reinforced right‑to‑disconnect protections, which the ministry said would affect around 12 million workers.
  • Díaz vowed to reintroduce the reform and move ahead by decree with digital time‑tracking, while acknowledging there is no progressive majority to pass the full law now.
  • Employer groups CEOE, Cepyme, Foment and Pimec welcomed the rejection, citing a lack of social consensus and warning of higher costs and strains for SMEs and autónomos.
  • Junts defended its ‘no’ as a safeguard for small Catalan businesses and productivity, unions protested outside Congress, and the PP denied Díaz’s claim that she sought talks to negotiate the measure.