Much controversy is what led to the bill that was passed in Congress regarding reducing the working day in Colombia.
What happens is that The working day will start from 48 to 42 hours per week, gradually: Its implementation will start in 2023 and by 2026 work will have to be done on the agreed time.
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Upon approval in الموافقة Congress, the bill should move to conciliation and then to presidential sanction, becoming formal law.
On the commercial side, the project was criticized. Not Andy and Akobe They emphasized that it is not something that helps create jobs and Finalco He said that labor costs for employers will rise by 20%.
(See: Traders’ criticisms of the reduced working day.)
On the part of the workers, there are doubts about wages, Insurance and Social Security premiums, but none of that will be affected.
Jaime Alberto Caballe, president of Fenalco, said reducing the schedule would generate 20% costs.
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But, what is the state of Colombia currently in relation to other countries in terms of working hours?
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Comparison
The reports you took The organisation For Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) They have made it clear in recent years that Colombia is one of the countries that works the most, on average, per week.
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Currently, as mentioned earlier, the average working hours in the country are 48 hours per person per week, such as Turkey and Mexico.
South Africa, however, is a little lower, with an average of 45 hours.
There are countries where the working hours are less than 35 hours per week.
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Costa Rica, Ecuador, Brazil, Uruguay, Israel, Poland and Hungary are some of the places where a worker spends a working day, on average, 40 hours a week.
Argentina, UK, Austria, Ireland, Sweden, Australia, Germany, Switzerland and South Korea have weekly schedules between 35 and 38 working hours.
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35 hours Below are the Netherlands, Chile, Paraguay, Norway and Denmark.
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