How true is that the Spaniards still do siesta? – 24Horas.cl (Press release) (Registration)

For many is a myth reproducing foreign media. The truth is that more and more those who ask streamline working hours and change the time zone that governs the country

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When in Spain it comes to rationalizing work schedules to make them more compatible with family life, in Europe and the US media say that will make the Spanish have to stop to nap.

the way in some Anglo-Saxon newspapers they reflected the proposal a few days ago the Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, to establish working hours culminating at 18:00, sparked a debate in the Spanish press and on social networks about how far taken napping is really a current tradition in Spain.

“We will agree a deal to achieve a working day that, in general, end at 18 hours, every day,” , Rajoy on Saturday said.

“We will issue a certificate of quality for companies with rational times, companies that facilitate the reconciliation through flexible working hours or measures such as the promotion of telework or the establishment of nurseries at their headquarters, “said the president.

the plan Rajoy to shorten working hours and the proposal to change the time zone of Spain to equal that of Portugal or the UK are not new. have been on the agenda of the Spanish policy for years and especially since the outbreak of the financial crisis of 2008.

the measures aim increase productivity and reconciling work and family life .

“Time to wake up!”

However, the announcement of Rajoy last Saturday made again some British and American newspapers covered the news as if it were a death sentence to a tradition that considered rooted in Spain. nap

On its website, the Washington Post titled information: “Time to wake the Spanish prime minister wants to end the siesta!” ( “Time to wake up Spain’s prime minister wants to end the siesta! “.)

in his Twitter account, the British online journal the Independent wrote:” Spain end with a nap in an attempt to join the century XXI “(” Spain is Set to end nap in bid to join the 21st century “)

He also British The Guardian chose as a starter.” Goodbye nap. is it a farewell to the national nap? “(” Goodbye nap! is it goodbye to Spain’s national nap? “)

the title New York Post was “Spain could finally end the nap nationwide” ( “Spain might finally get rid of Its country-wide nap time “).

the Spanish newspaper El Pais, which echoes the way was how international newspapers reflected the information, says that today not all workers can enjoy the siesta, a tradition of a rural society, “where farm workers could rest during the hottest hours of the day.”

Franco

Nuria Chinchilla, professor at the school IESE business and expert in the time reform in Spain, told BBC News that until 1942 Spain was governed by the meridian of Greenwich.

However, General Francisco Franco did match the time zone Spanish with Nazi Germany, but after the Second World War, Spain did not return to Greenwich Mean time.

That’s esoque winter many Spaniards eat lunch to . 14:00 and at 15:00 in summer

But although there are some stores that close at 14:00 -after open at 09 in Spain: 00- to reopen at 17:00-and close at 20:00 or 21: 00- not all workers go home at lunchtime to take a nap

in fact, that recess does not mean that the Spanish work fewer hours than the rest of the world .

and is that according to statistics from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in 2014 the Spanish worked on average longer hours than workers in countries like Australia, France, Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom.

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countries OECD annual average actual hours worked per person than the average of Spain (1.689)

• Australia: 1664
• Austria: 1,629
• Finland: 1.645
• France: 1,473
• Germany: 1371
• Norway: 1,427
• UK: 1,677
• Czech Republic: 1,436
• Luxembourg: 1.643
• Netherlands: 1,425
• Slovenia: 1,561
• Sweden: 1,609
• Switzerland: 1,568

Source: OECD , 2014

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