Chile: bill to increase working time flexibility provokes controversy

At the start of May, the Chilean government presented a bill to the country’s National Congress that seeks to achieve the “modernisation of work”, by creating greater flexibility of working hours and allowing workers, for example, to work four-day weeks. Currently under discussion in a parliamentary committee, the bill has proved controversial and has alarmed trade unions in the country.

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“Improve the quality of life, create more opportunities and afford greater freedom” to Chilean workers. These were the promises made by Chilean president Sebastián Piñera (right-wing liberal) and his government during the unveiling of the bill entitled “Modernisation of work to balance work, family and inclusion” before the National Congress, on 2 May.

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