Overview
- Federico Sturzenegger said the proposal keeps legal daily and weekly limits on work and requires at least 12 hours of rest between shifts.
- He dismissed talk of a longer standard workday as a baseless rumor and accused opponents of trying to scare the public.
- The government frames the overhaul as a way to formalize employment in a labor market it says is roughly half informal and to ease structural costs for small and medium firms.
- Changes under discussion include revising sector‑wide wage unicity to allow regional or company‑level bargaining, with allied deputy Romina Diez proposing overtime disposition and a bank of hours within collective agreements.
- The Casa Rosada plans to submit four bills to Congress covering labor reform, a tax package, updates to Civil and Penal codes, and a second Ley Bases focused on state modernization.