The Minister of Economy, Carlos Corps, has confirmed that the Council of Ministers of Tomorrow Tuesday, February 4, will Approve the upward review of the economic growth forecast by 2025whereby the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will go from 2.4% to 2.6%. A rhythm thanks to which, according to estimates, one million jobs will be generated in the next two years. Regarding the approval of this increase, he also assured that they do not try to neutralize the reduction of the working day to 37.5 hours, which will also be approved tomorrow in the Council.
On the latter, in statements to RNE, he said that “none of that, on the contrary”, expressing that “it is important to note that forward these good growth figures will be compatible, as has been the case in recent years, With that gain, with that conquest of rights and, in this case, the next one that comes is the reduction of day ”.
A measure that, finally, will be approved by urgent route and without modifying the text signed by Yolanda Díaz with the unions: “We respect that text and already pass the next step, which is the parliamentary negotiation, where I believe and I am optimistic that there is space to reach an agreement that maintains the ambition of the text that passes tomorrow by the Council of Ministers, to reach that effective reduction of the working day at 37 and a half hours. ”
Within that space for the agreement, the intention of the Minister of Economy would be Rescue Aid to SMEs. “I believe that within the framework of dialogue and negotiation within the government, but also now with parliamentary forces, there is room to achieve this goal and that the design is a design that helps to be done with guarantees forward ”
Measures to “accompany” SMEs in reducing the day
In reference to this design, Minister Carlos Corps has assured that “we have spoken many times about the possibility of accompanying with measures, not only of digital improvements, productivity improvements.” In this regard, he explained that they are working “in the Reduction of administrative barriers that help our SMEs to dedicate less unproductive hours to These types of tasks and, therefore, release space for productive tasks or even advance in the reduction of workday. “” There are additional elements such as, of course, budgetary accompaniment, “he added.
Along the same lines, he has recognized that, although the average of hours is currently at 38.2 hours, it is “flatly aware” that the situation is “very heterogeneous.” “In any case, we are aware of the need to accompany precisely our SMEs, particularly to be able to absorb this reduction in the working day. And in that we are, we are for a long time with numerous measures, ”he added.