Chile clears the way for a 40-hour work week
"Today we can finally celebrate the approval of this project that reduces working hours - a pro-family project that aims at the good living of all," Boric wrote on Twitter.
- Americas
- DPA
- Published Date: 12:07 | 12 April 2023
- Modified Date: 12:09 | 12 April 2023
Lawmakers in Chile have approved legislation to reduce the country's working week hours from 45 to 40.
Left-wing President Gabriel Boric will sign the bill into law in the coming days, a government statement said late Tuesday.
This will make Chile the second country in South America, after Ecuador, to introduce the working hours recommended by the International Labour Organization.
"Today we can finally celebrate the approval of this project that reduces working hours - a pro-family project that aims at the good living of all," Boric wrote on Twitter.
The original legislative initiative had been introduced in 2017 by current Cabinet member Camila Vallejo and lawmaker Karol Cariola of the Communist Party.
Workers' rights are an key pillar of the programme with which Boric, 37, took office as the South American country's youngest-ever president on March 11, 2022.
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