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Mexico City, April 14th, 2021.   In the early morning of April 14th, 2021, the plenary session of the Lower House of Congress (the Chamber of Deputies) approved the project presented by the Joint Commission of Labor, Social Walfare, Public Finance and Public Credit, to amend, add and repeal several provisions in terms of subcontractingLeer más

Mexico City, December 10th, 2020.   As a complement to our yesterday informative note, the Mexican Senate unanimously approved, in general and in particular, the bill (previously prepared and presented by the Chamber of Deputies) to amend Article 311 of the Federal Labor Law that also adds a new Chapter XII Bis related to telework.Leer más

Mexico City, December 10th, 2020.   On December 8th, 2020, the plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies discussed and passed, in general terms, the bill to amend various provisions of the Federal Labor Law in order to regulate telework / home office, by which it is proposed to reform article 311 and to addLeer más

  Mexico City, November 17th, 2020.   On November 12th, 2020, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador introduced a bill to the Legislative Commission of the House of Representatives that amends, adds, and repeals several provisions of the following statues to substantially regulate the subcontracting or outsourcing regime in Mexico: The Federal Labor Law. The SocialLeer más

In the morning edition of the Federation’s Official Gazette of May 14, 2020, the Ministry of Health issued a resolution to establish the strategy for the reopening of social, educational and economic activities due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as a regional process to assess the epidemiological risk in each state based on aLeer más

Relative to the pandemic declared by the World Health Organization due to the COVID-19 outbreak, below please find our analysis, impact and the various implications and legal effects that the spread of the so-called Coronavirus has on labor relations in Mexico.   As of today (March 19, 2020), the General Health Council, competent board, hasLeer más

On July 31, 2019, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare («STPS» for its acronym in Spanish) published in the Federal Official Gazette, the «Protocol to Legitimize Existing Collective Bargaining Agreements» (the «Protocol»). The “Protocol” sets forth the rules and procedures that shall be complied with to «legitimize” current Collective Bargaining Agreements that apply inLeer más

AMENDMENT BILL PROJECT FEDERAL LABOR LAW 2018 On December 22, 2018 a bill to amend and partially repeal various provisions of the Federal Labor Law submitted by the “Morena” Parliamentary Group was published in the Parliamentary Gazette. The bill acknowledges and adopts the principles and directives set out in Chapter 23[1] of the United States-Mexico-CanadaLeer más

THE 2019 GENERAL MINIMUM WAGE. On December 17, 2018, the National Minimum Wage Commission (CONASAMI for its Spanish acronym), by tripartite and unanimous ruling of its members, announced that as of January 1st, 2019, the general minimum wage will be increased to Mx$102.68 a day. The increase was calculated by adding Mx$9.43 to the currentLeer más

Ratification by Mexico of the Convention 98 of the International Labor Organization (ILO).   On September 20, 2018, all members of the Senate unanimously ratified the ILO Convention No. 98, adopted in Geneva, Switzerland in 1949, so as to apply the principles of the right to organize and to bargain collectively.   The Convention protectsLeer más