New Labor Market Reform in Chile Will Work 4 Days Per Week – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

The Chilean President, Sebastián Piñera, signed Thursday a bill to relax the working day and allow working hours of 4 days a week in agreement with the worker and the employer.

The executive project seeks to adapt the work to the lives of employees and offers 180 days a month to distribute "differently each week, thus allowing better use of personal and family time," said the executive in a statement .

"This law will allow everyone to express their preferences and will be able to adapt the working day to these preferences with greater freedom," said the Minister of Labor during the presentation of the reform. , Nicolás Monckeberg.

Each week, the employee can choose his work schedule between 4 and 6 working days, which sometimes allows three-day breaks from the weekend.

Another flexibility that includes job reform is the ability to adapt work entry and exit schedules so that employees can adapt their daily work schedules to their needs.

The days can also be square in an exceptional way to coincide with a family vacation.

"These are measures designed to enable workers to agree on working days that better reflect the real preferences and therefore improve the quality of life of workers," said Piñera during the presentation of the project at the palace. . of La Moneda, seat of the Chilean government.

The plan promotes the recognition of studies for people with disabilities, to promote inclusion, and promotes gender policies to strengthen the role of women in the world of work.

In this sense, the draft establishes regulations with greater rigor to prevent, control and punish badual harbadment and work.

The labor reform will now have to go through the Chilean Congress and get the support needed to be voted favorably in both legislative chambers.