Confesbask sees a “margin” to reduce working hours, but not in general

The president of Confebask, Tamara Yagüe, has thought about it “There is room” for reduced working hours but “it cannot be done in a general way” because it can lead to “complications” and in this sense it has chosen to “analyse the specificity” and look for “the times and measures” that go with it. Salaries are closely linked to the productivity of companies. And the productivity of companies varies from one company to another, depending on the sector, even depending on the territory,” explains the president of the Basque Employers Association.

For this reason, he warned that “a general rule that does not analyze the specificity of each company can lead to distortion”. the lack of production or competitiveness that can occur as a result of the reduction of working hours. In this way, he stressed that “it must be done with additional measures, increasing flexibility, some bonuses… “It must be worked on. It. Yes, it is possible, but general measures bring complications and we must analyze sector by sector, which is, after all, nothing more than what collective bargaining does”, he stressed.

In the same way, she referred to the study commissioned by the Basque Government to analyse the Four Days Marches, a measure that, in the words of the president of Confebask, “is not something that concerns companies at the moment and is not in our remit.” However, he pointed out that “it does not mean that we refuse, but that it is not our concern at the moment” and assured that Basque businessmen will analyse the study once the study commissioned is completed.