La disminución de la jornada laboral mejora las condiciones contractuales del trabajador

Abstract

This work aims to show if the worker in Colombia will improve their working, family and social conditions as has happened in developed countries that have implemented the reduction of working hours without affecting employers. The theory of the three eights, proposed by Robert Owen referred to by Karl Marx in Capital (1866), is to consider it extremely important because of its relevance in the health of workers and the basis of the conceptual principle that aims to maintain the physiological, psychological, emotional, and social balance of these. In this sense, in Colombia there is constitutional protection of the rights of the worker so that, in compliance with the Law, the working day does not extend beyond the established 48 hours, allowing the worker a leisure time, and rest with his family. For this purpose, in Colombia the working day is regulated in article 161 and following of the Substantive Labor Code (CST), currently set at 48 hours per week, however, the national government through Law 2101 of 2021, opened the possibility of reducing it to 42 hours per week from July 2023. The present work is aimed at establishing whether the reduction of the working day really improves the physiological, psychological, emotional and social conditions of the worker in Colombia, as has happened in other countries, and increase their productivity.