Editing Working time (section)

===Spain===
The main labor law in Spain, the Workers' Statute Act, limits the amount of working time that an employee is obliged to perform. In the Article 34 of this law, a maximum of 9 hours per day and 40 hours per week are established.<ref name="IUSLabor 1/2016 54-65">{{cite journal |last1=Ginès i Fabrellas |first1=Anna |last2=Luque Parra |first2=Manuel |title=WORKING TIME AND FLEXIBILITY IN SPAIN |url=http://proxymy.esade.edu/gd/facultybio/publicos/1462886541434_Working_time_and_flexibility_in_Spain.pdf |date=January 2016 |issue=IUSLabor 1/2016 |pages=54–65 |access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref>

Employees typically receive either 12 or 14 payments per year, with approximately 21 days of vacation. According to Spanish law, Spain holds what is known as the [http://www.convenioscolectivos.net/ Convenios-Colectivos], which stipulates that different regulations and laws regarding employee work week and wage apply based on the type of job.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spanish-living.com/employment-law-in-spain/|title=Guide to Employment law in Spain|date=2018-11-01|website=Spanish Living|access-date=2019-08-02}}</ref> Overall they rank as the 13th highest in regard to international GDP growth.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Jobless record|doi = 10.1787/702131842121}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://data.oecd.org/spain.htm|title=Spain - OECD Data|website=theOECD|access-date=2019-08-02}}</ref>

According to a study of the [[OECD]] Better Life Index, 4% of Spanish workers work more than 50 hours per week, compared to an average of 11% of workers in OECD countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=OECD Better Life Index |url=http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/topics/work-life-balance/ |access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref>

Working hours are regulated by law. Mandatory logging of employee working time has been in place since 2019 in an attempt by legislators to eliminate unpaid overtime and push for more transparency of actual working hours.<ref>{{cite news |title=Why Spanish employees may have to start clocking in and out once more |url=https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/05/13/inenglish/1557739540_969503.html |access-date=30 April 2020 |agency=El País |date=13 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Spain introduces new working hours law requiring employees to clock in and out |url=https://www.idealista.com/en/news/legal-advice-spain/2019/06/17/6792-spain-introduces-new-working-hours-law-requiring-employees |access-date=30 April 2020 |agency=Idealista}}</ref> Non-regulated pauses during the workday for coffee or smoking are not permitted to be documented as working time, according to a ruling by [[Audiencia Nacional|The Spanish National Court]] in February 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=La Audiencia Nacional avala descontar del tiempo de trabajo las pausas para fumar o tomar un café |url=https://www.elmundo.es/economia/2020/02/11/5e428275fc6c8396598b457b.html |access-date=30 April 2020 |agency=El Mundo |date=11 February 2020 |language=es}}</ref>

====Traditional mid-day break====
However, one of the interesting aspects of the Spanish work day and labor is the traditional presence of a break around lunchtime. It is sometimes mistakenly thought to be due to [[siesta]], but in fact was due to workers returning to their families for the main midday meal. That break, typically of 1 or 2 hours, has been kept in the working culture because in the [[Spanish Civil War|post-civil-war]] period most workers had two jobs to be able to sustain their families. Following this tradition, in small and medium-sized cities, restaurants and businesses shut down during this time period of 2-5 for retail and 4-8 for restaurants. Many office jobs only allow one hour or even a half hour breaks to eat the meal in office building restaurants or designated lunch rooms.

A majority of adults emphasize the lack of a siesta during the typical work week. Only one in ten Spaniards take a mid-day nap, a percentage less than other European nations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Spanish stereotypes: They love siestas |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/28/new-europe-spain-stereotypes-siestas |access-date=30 April 2020 |agency=The Guardian}}</ref>