Spain is pushing ahead the idea for four working days a week, but how will this project be accomplished?

In December, Deputy Prime Minister Pablo Iglesias confirmed that the government was looking at the idea, saying that reducing the number of working hours in a week to 32, with no wage loss without any doubt would lead to more jobs.

Mass Pais, a small Spanish party on the left, celebrated the news of the pilot scheme on Twitter, with member Inigo Erion saying the four-day work week was an idea whose time has come.

“Spain is one of the countries where workers set more hours than the European average. But we're not among the most productive countries”, Erion said.

The idea of four working days has gained popularity in some developed countries as a way to increase productivity, improve workers ' mental health, and even combat climate change.

In Spain, a small number of companies have already independently approved four working days a week.

Accurate details of the Spanish pilot-project have yet to be agreed on, but Mass Pais has proposed a three-year 50m-euro project that will allow companies to try reduced hours, writes. Theuardiaan.

The proposal would see companies proving the scheme at a minimum risk, cost-covered 100 percent for the first year, falling to 50 percent for the second year and 33 percent for the third.