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The Unilever company recently put it to the test in New Zealand.

Microsoft tested it in the summer of 2019 in Japan.

And now it could also be considered in Spain.

We are talking about work weeks of just four days.

A reduction in the workload that Pablo Iglesias, second vice president of the Government of Spain, assured that he would be studying in the Ministry of Labor of that country.

In an interview with Televisión Española this Thursday, Iglesias said that "the reduction of working time will be explored, something that could undoubtedly favor job creation."

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Following Iglesias' statements, Yolanda Díaz, head of the Labor portfolio, stated on her official Twitter account that "working time requires a new conception that, as we are already doing, goes through labor laws and customs."

In addition, he added that "the reduction of the working day, the control of overtime hours and the right to disconnect or work-life balance are elements that must be discussed in this necessary debate."

Despite the intentions to reduce working hours, the Government of Spain this week rejected the proposal made by the political coalition Mas País-Equo, which proposed putting this measure to the test in the face of the next State Budgets.

This week, the Spanish Courts are voting on the budgets for 2021, and the coalition suggested adding the option of allocating an item of 50 million euros (about 60.7 million dollars) for companies to launch a pilot program that test the effects of reducing the work week.