{"id":125521,"date":"2021-03-16T18:55:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T22:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=125521"},"modified":"2021-03-16T18:55:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T22:55:20","slug":"spain-will-experiment-with-four-day-workweek-a-first-for-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/spain-will-experiment-with-four-day-workweek-a-first-for-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain will experiment with four-day workweek, a first for Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-437746659\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-3756940764\" class=\"antig-before-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalbenefitsscheme\" aria-label=\"ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"flex\">\n<div class=\"items-center\">\n<div class=\"byline flex mb-sm\" data-qa=\"byline\">\n<div class=\"dib gray-dark font--subhead self-center author-text font-xxs\">\n<div class=\"author-names\">Washington Post: By<\/p><div id=\"antig-2602321211\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:675\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"relative dib\">\n<div><span data-qa=\"author-name-wrapper\"><a class=\"author-name-link link-hover-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/people\/antonia-noori-farzan\/\"><span class=\"author-name font-bold link blue hover-blue-hover\">Antonia Noori Farzan<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-md gray-dark font--subhead font-xxs\" data-qa=\"timestamp\">\n<div class=\"display-date \">March 15, 2021 at 10:40 a.m. EST<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"teaser-content\">\n<section>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md \" data-el=\"text\">For years,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/us-policy\/2019\/07\/11\/thank-god-its-thursday-four-day-work-week-some-want-bring-us\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advocates for a four-day workweek<\/a>\u00a0have argued that a compressed schedule could lead to more productivity and a better work-life balance \u2014 a perspective that has gained credence in some countries amid the\u00a0<a class=\"contextual_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/coronavirus\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coronavirus<\/a>\u00a0pandemic, which has wrought drastic changes to the way people work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"remainder-content\">\n<section>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md \" data-el=\"text\">Spain is about to find out firsthand whether it works. The country is poised to become one of the first to experiment with a 32-hour workweek, which would allow workers to spend less time at the office without any change in pay.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2732895666\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-2265903492\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1320\/h:730\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1320\/h:730\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:166\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:566\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:425\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:696\/h:385\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1320\" height=\"730\"   \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md \" data-el=\"text\">Exactly what the pilot program will look like is unclear: An individual with the industry ministry told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/mar\/15\/spain-to-launch-trial-of-four-day-working-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Guardian<\/a>\u00a0that nearly every detail was still up for negotiation, including how many companies will be involved and how long the experiment will last.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2161878446\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:675\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"font--body font-copy hide-for-print ma-0 pb-md db  italic interstitial\" data-qa=\"interstitial-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2020\/05\/24\/will-coronavirus-pandemic-open-door-four-day-workweek\/?itid=lk_interstitial_manual_6\" data-qa=\"interstitial-link\">Will the coronavirus pandemic open the door to a four-day workweek?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md \" data-el=\"text\">The test run was proposed by M\u00e1s Pa\u00eds, a left-wing party that has argued that longer hours don\u2019t necessarily lead to higher productivity, and it is now in talks with the government to figure out the exact details of the arrangement. According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madridmetropolitan.com\/mas-pais-proposes-four-day-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spanish media outlets<\/a>, the pilot program is intended to reduce employers\u2019 risk by having the government make up the difference in salary when workers switch to a four-day schedule.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2987397466\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_0783\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md \" data-el=\"text\">\u201cSpain will be the first country to undertake a trial of this magnitude,\u201d H\u00e9ctor Tejero, of M\u00e1s Pa\u00eds,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/mar\/15\/spain-to-launch-trial-of-four-day-working-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told the Guardian.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cA pilot project like this hasn\u2019t been undertaken anywhere in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md \" data-el=\"text\">The experiment is expected to cost about 50 million euros ($59.5 million) and last three years. According to the Guardian, it could begin as early as this fall.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3390450187\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_1115\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md \" data-el=\"text\">Although the push for a four-day workweek was already gaining support\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/us-policy\/2019\/07\/11\/thank-god-its-thursday-four-day-work-week-some-want-bring-us\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">before the pandemic<\/a>, the radical upending of office life has made the idea seem more viable to politicians around the world. So has the fact that furlough programs mean many employees are already being paid to work fewer hours a week \u2014 or not at all.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3335822780\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md \" data-el=\"text\">In May, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2020\/05\/24\/will-coronavirus-pandemic-open-door-four-day-workweek\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suggested\u00a0<\/a>employers should consider the switch to a four-day week \u201cif that\u2019s something that would work for your workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"relative cb bg-offwhite mt-xxs pt-md pb-md mb-lg ml-neg-gutter mr-neg-gutter mr-auto-ns ml-auto-ns hide-for-print\n       dn db-ns\" data-qa=\"article-body-ad\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"absolute z-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md \" data-el=\"text\">The crisis has also led to an increased push to address burnout and allow more flexibility for employees at a time when job duties frequently spill over into home life. Until last year, workers in many European nations benefited from a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/europe\/coronavirus-remote-work-europe\/2020\/09\/04\/6e4a19c6-e23e-11ea-82d8-5e55d47e90ca_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cright to disconnect\u201d\u00a0<\/a>that barred emails and phone calls after the end of the workday. But the switch to remote work has tested those limits, and some politicians feel there needs to be a sharper line drawn between work life and home life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md \" data-el=\"text\">For employees juggling work with taking care of young children, even a standard 40-hour week can be overwhelming. Switching to a 32-hour workweek would mean \u201cputting mental health at the center of the political agenda,\u201d I\u00f1igo Errej\u00f3n, a leader of M\u00e1s Pa\u00eds,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ierrejon\/status\/1370806280470863879\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on Twitter\u00a0<\/a>over the weekend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md \" data-el=\"text\">Large corporations like Microsoft and Shake Shack have experimented with four-day workweeks in the past, but Spain\u2019s pilot program would be much larger in scale. M\u00e1s Pa\u00eds calculates that the budget should be enough to allow around 200 companies to take part. That means that anywhere from 3,000 to 6,000 workers would have regular three-day weekends, according to the Guardian.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"relative cb bg-offwhite mt-xxs pt-md pb-md mb-lg ml-neg-gutter mr-neg-gutter mr-auto-ns ml-auto-ns hide-for-print\n       dn db-ns\" data-qa=\"article-body-ad\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"absolute z-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md \" data-el=\"text\">Spain was one of the first countries in western Europe to limit the workday to eight hours, but recent studies have found Spanish workers put in more hours than many of their European counterparts,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbvaresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/RafaelDomenech_VP_ENG-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with no corresponding increase in productivity.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md \" data-el=\"text\">Proponents of a four-day workweek argue that allowing more people to work fewer hours could go a long way in addressing the high unemployment rates that have plagued so many countries throughout the pandemic. 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