El Salvador · SOCIETY

Key Facts

—What happened The Consejo Superior de Trabajo is studying an option of four 11-hour days plus three rest days, keeping the 44-hour legal week.

—How big No law has changed; the Labor Code still sets eight hours a day and 44 hours a week under Article 161.

—The catch The Movimiento de Trabajadores Despedidos says the El Salvador workday plan concentrates the same hours rather than reducing the weekly workday.