April 2021

On April 16, 2021, the Mexican federal government published an important Decree in the Official Journal of the Federation to amend and supplement the Mexican Federal Telecommunications and Broadcasting Law.

The Decree provides for the creation of a National Mobile Phone Users Registry (PANAUT for its acronym in Spanish), which consists of a governmental database

On April 5, 2021, Mexico’s Tax Administration Service published  the Fifth Anticipated Version of the First Resolution Modifying the 2021 Miscellaneous Tax Resolution and its annexes 1-A and 9. The changes, published on the agency’s website, entered into force the day following their publication in the Official Journal of the Federation. Note, however, that certain

On April 23, 2021, the Mexican government published a new Decree  in the Official Journal of the Federation amending and supplementing numerous Mexican statutes, including the Federal Labor Law, the Social Security Law, the  Institute for the National Housing Fund for Workers Law, the Federal Tax Code, the Federal Income Tax Law and others.

The

On March 12, 2021, the Second Chamber of Mexico’s National Supreme Court of Justice published a ruling in contradiction to opinion number 2a./J. 66/2020 (10a.), titled “Seniority Bonus. Even if not expressly requested, its payment is required when the employee’s seniority is confirmed and such employee has been terminated or the employment relationship has otherwise

Representatives from the Mexican Federal Government, Business Sector and Union Groups conferred on April 5, 2021 in an attempt to agree on the terms of new pending federal legislation governing outsourcing in Mexico.

The parties reached the following agreements in their discussions:

1. In general, outsourcing of personnel will be prohibited, including: (i) the hiring

On March 26, 2021, the President of Mexico sent a bill to the Chamber of Deputies aimed at amending several provisions of the Hydrocarbons Law (the “Bill”). In contrast to the recent amendment to the Electricity Industry Law, which was submitted as a preferential bill, this Bill does not have such status, so it will