Régimen jurídico básico de las materias directamente vinculadas a la reducción del tiempo de trabajo

Abstract

Labour Law has known a regular historical evolution of reduction of working time. However, in the xxi century there are revisionist currents that support extending the working time, to improve the competitiveness of the most developed countries with regard to emerging countries, where the working time is wider.
Focusing on the current positive law, and from the perspective of Gipuzkoa, we can clearly see that the legal framework regulating working time is certainly complex, and the implementation of a policy of reducing working time in Gipuzkoa depends on it. With regard to the distribution of powers, we have a matter which affect powers of the European Union, the Spanish State, the Basque Autonomous Community, the Historical Territory of Gipuzkoa, and collective autonomy (recognized jointly to employers association and worker unions).
In addition, we must divide the generic terms of reducing working time on four elements, because labour law has given specific legal regime to each of them: maximum working hours; extraordinary hours; part-time job; and reduction of working time.