Nearly one year after the amendments to Mexico’s Federal Labor Law concerning rest periods during the workday, popularly referred to as the “Chair Law”, came into effect, the compliance landscape for employers in Mexico has changed dramatically. If 2025 was the year of physical adjustments, when many companies mistakenly equated compliance with simply purchasing chairs
In Mexico, the minimum wage serves as the economic benchmark that every individual performing personal, subordinated work must receive on a daily basis in order to satisfy their essential needs and those of their family, material, social, and cultural, as well as to provide mandatory education for their children, as established in Article 123 of
On September 11, 2025 the Mexican Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers (“INFONAVIT”) published on its official website a notice announcing the extension of the deadline for implementing reforms to Article 29 of the INFONAVIT Law, specifically regarding the obligation to make deductions without suspension for absences or disabilities in accordance with Mexico’s
On July 17th, 2025, Mexico’s Department of Labor and Social Welfare published new regulations in the Official Journal of the Federation addressing occupational risk factors related to the so-called “Chair Law” (the “Provisions”). These Provisions aim to establish clear requirements for employers to provide an adequate number and appropriate type of chairs with
Mexico’s Department of Labor and Social Welfare (“STPS”) presented the 2025 Federal Labor Inspection Program as a comprehensive strategy aimed at modernizing and strengthening the enforcement of labor rights across the country. The program’s main objective is to shift from a reactive model to one that emphasizes prevention and correction with a strategic vision.
The
Recent judicial reforms in Mexico calling for the popular election of judges, magistrates, and justices of the Federal Judiciary, which could be replicated at the state level, represents an unprecedented event in Mexico’s legal history. Such reforms have raised new concerns within the labor community, particularly regarding whether Sunday, June 1, 2025 will be considered
On December 19, 2024, a Decree was published in the Official Journal of the Federation amending various provisions of Mexico’s Federal Labor Law (the “Decree”) to impose on employers a new obligation to provide their employees with chairs with backrests, either to carry out their work, or to rest, during the workday. The Decree will
Article 123, Section A, Paragraph VI of the Mexico Constitution establishes the basis for Mexico’s federal minimum daily wage.
The Council of Representatives of the National Commission on Minimum Wages (CONASAMI) unanimously approved a 12% increase in the general daily minimum wage, effective as of January 1, 2025. With this adjustment, the daily minimum wage
On June 8, 2024, an amendment to the General Law to Prevent, Punish and Eradicate Crimes in Connection with Human Trafficking and for the Protection and Assistance to Victims of these Crimes (the “Law”) came into force. This amendment added section IV to Article 21 of the Law, establishing that working hours in excess of
Through its decision in amparo case number 633/2023 dated April 3, 2024, the Second Chamber of the Mexican Supreme Court confirmed the constitutionality of the maximum employee profit sharing limit of three months of an employee’s salary, or the average of the profit sharing received in the last three years, whichever is more favorable to