In Spain we work a number of hours similar to those of our European neighbors, but less well distributed. This situation is summarized at a glance in the following graph, collected in the article by Jaume Masdeu “The very anomalous Spanish time”, which cites, among other reasons, a time zone that does not correspond to us – that of central Europe – and factors such as mass practice of multiple employment in Spain.
The hours are being talked about again these days after the statements of the Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, about the unreasonableness of restaurants being open until one in the morning.
Spain has work days that end later and are less compacted. This has an impact on different aspects of daily life: from television schedules to store schedules. A couple of examples:
