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Montevideo, May 5th 2024 - 05:08 UTC

Tag: working week

  • Saturday, April 15th 2023 - 07:37 UTC

    Chile: 40-hour working week signed into law

    Boric said it was a “historic” day because “for many years the project was considered impossible”

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Friday signed into law the bill creating the 40-hour working week, one of his campaign promises .“We are taking a step forward for the welfare of working men and women”, said Boric during a promulgation ceremony at the Parque de la Familia, in Santiago.

  • Wednesday, April 12th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

    Chilean Deputies approve working week reduction

    The bill had been submitted by then-Communist Deputies Karol Carilla and Camila Vallejo (photo) in 2017

    Chile's Lower House Tuesday approved by 127 votes in favor to 14 against and 3 abstentions a working week reduction from 45 to 40 hours to be implemented gradually over the next five years, provided or when President Gabriel Boric Font signs into law the bill already greenlighted by the Senate.