- Spanish travel agencies seek working time flexibility
- Proposal covers approximately 60,000 employees
- Agencies seek free use of one third of working hours
- Talks form part of new collective agreement
- Spanish labour law changes drive flexibility demands
Spanish travel agencies are negotiating for the right to make free use of one third of the working hours of their approximately 60,000 employees. The proposal goes beyond the current legal framework and forms part of talks on a new collective agreement for the sector. Sector organisations and business associations emphasise that tourism experiences, bookings and customer support require scheduling adaptability that rigid office hours fail to accommodate.
Ongoing changes to Spanish labour laws including discussions surrounding the reduction of the maximum standard workweek toward 37.5 hours and stricter digital time-tracking mandates have made structural flexibility essential for maintaining agency competitiveness. Agencies are attempting to balance employee demands for predictability and remote or hybrid arrangements with the 24/7 realities of global travel service coordination.
The proposal forms part of broader negotiations on a new collective agreement for the travel sector.
