On October 24, 2023, the Senate of the Republic unanimously approved an amendment to update the Table of Occupational Diseases (the "Amendment"). This Table had remained unaltered since the enactment of the Mexican Federal Labor Law in 1970.  

The Federal Labor Law ("LFT") provides that telework is any employment relationship that is performed in a place other than the work center through the use of information technology and does not require the physical presence of the employee. Any workday developed beyond 40% of the time..

The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (“STPS” per its acronym in Spanish) has designed the “Accreditation System for Good Labor Practices and Decent Work”, which aims to promote and strengthen good practices of employer companies in Mexico so that workers have decent..

On December 27, 2022, an amendment to the Mexican Federal Labor Law was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation in connection with vacation entitlements (the “Reform”), which will become effective on January 1, 2023.  

On December 1, 2022, the National Minimum Wages Commission (“Comisión Nacional de Salarios Mínimos” or CONASAMI, per its acronym in Spanish) announced an increase of 20% to the minimum wage in Mexico which will be applicable as of January 1, 2023.  

On November 16, 2022, the Decree whereby several provisions of the Social Security Law (“SSL”) are amended and supplemented regarding domestic workers (the "Decree") was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation.

On April 23, 2021, amendments to the Federal Labor Law, the Social Security Law, the National Housing Fund Institute for Workers Law, the Federal Fiscal Code, the Income Tax Law, and the Value Added Tax Law, were published, aimed at regulating the labor outsourcing regimes in Mexico.

On December 01, 2021, the National Minimum Wage Commission (“Comisión Nacional de Salarios Mínimos or CONASAMI per its acronym in Spanish) announced the increase of the 22% to the minimum wages in Mexico which will be applicable as of January 01, 2021.  

On April 23, 2021, it was published the amendment regarding subcontracting regime. The most important labor and tax aspects are the following:

On April 20, 2021, the Senate of the Republic approved the amendment proposed to the subcontracting regime. The most important labor and tax aspects are the following:

Learn about the issues related to the labor subcontracting reform initiative that may be discussed in the Congress of the Union for its approval next May.

Learn more about the initiative presented by the Federal Executive, which would affect the operation of companies in Mexico, eliminating the possibility of having “insourcing” or service providers within the same group, as well as contracting “outsourcing”.

Senator Napoléon Gómez Urrutia submitted before the Mexican Senate a bill for the amendment of the Mexican Federal Labor Law (“FLL”) and the Social Security Law (“SSL”) regarding the outsourcing employment regime.

The Legislative Studies Commission of the Senate approved the proposed amendments to article 170 of the Mexican Federal Labor Law (“FLL”), with the purpose of extending the period of maternity disability.

Protocol for the legitamation of existing collective bargaining agreements