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		</div><p>Workers in Spain may soon have 2.5 more hours of weekly rest after the government approved a bill that would reduce the work week from 40 hours to 37.5 hours.</p>
<p>If enacted, the bill — which will now go to parliament — would benefit 12.5 million full-time and part-time private sector workers and is expected to improve productivity and reduce absenteeism, according to the Ministry of Labour.</p>
<p>“Today, we are modernising the world of labour and helping people to be a little happier,” said labour minister Yolanda Diaz, who heads the left-wing party Sumar (Joining Forces).</p>
<p>The measure, which already applies to civil servants and some other sectors, would mainly affect retail, manufacturing, hospitality, and construction, Ms Diaz added.</p>
<p>Prime minister Pedro Sanchez’s left-wing coalition government does not have a clear majority in parliament, where the bill must be approved for it to become law. The main trade unions have expressed support for the proposal, unlike business associations.</p>
<p>Sumar, the hard-left minority partner of Mr Sanchez’s Socialist Party, proposed the bill.</p>
<p>The Catalan nationalist party Junts (Together), an occasional ally of Mr Sanchez’s coalition, expressed concern over what it said would be negative consequences for small companies and the self-employed under a shorter working week.</p>
<p>The coalition will have to balance the demands of Junts and other smaller parties to get the bill passed.</p>
<p>Spain has had a 40-hour work week since 1983, when it was reduced from 48 hours.</p>
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