Senators Will Vote on Electronic Registration of Working Hours & 586,000 Peso Fines
The ruling to be analyzed in the Senate adds the electronic registration of the workday to the list of employer obligations.
40 Hour Workweek
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40-hour Workweek: A Handout from Employers That Won’t Improve Workers’ Lives
With the 40-hour workweek reform, if a worker were to work the 36 extra hours per month at double pay, they would only receive 1,206 pesos more per month than they would under the previous mandatory 48-hour workweek.
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Experts Warn About Excessive Overtime with Reduced Working Hours
The increase in permitted overtime hours may be seen by companies as a permanent remedy to compensate for the reduction to a 40-hour workweek.
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Employer Fines For Violating Workweek Limits Between 30,000 to 586,000 Pesos
Mexico’s Secretariat of Labour & Social Welfare will determine the fine based on a variety of criteria, but a dearth of labour inspectors across the country may hamper workers ability to obtain justice.
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The Illusion of “Voluntary” Overtime
Mexico’s workweek debate must focus on the workers who have “phantom” families because their time with their children is consumed by the need to maintain their jobs. It is the two days of rest for these sectors that must be debated.
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Workers Party Proposes to Guarantee Two Days of Rest
The deputies propose to reform Article 123 of Mexico’s Constitution to guarantee the right of two days of rest for every five days of work.
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Morena Legislators Defend Gradual 40 Hour Workweek, Lack of Two Days Off
Mexico’s 40 hour workweek will only come into effect in 2030, critics say the legislation opens the door to 12 hour workdays and reduced overtime pay.
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Mexico’s Proposed Workweek Law Promises Triple Overtime, but Fear Rules the Workplace
Dozens of consulted workers agree on a pattern: overtime is not negotiated, it is ordered and refusing it usually results in veiled threats, shift changes, pay cuts or disguised firings.
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A Bosses’ Trap?
Mexico’s much-touted 40 hour workweek reform does not bring about a real reduction in the working day; on the contrary, it will become a more effective tool of exploitation and is an initiative designed for the benefit of employers and against the dignity of workers.
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A New “40 Hour” Workweek… With Six Days?
Mexico has an opportunity to reimagine working hours & well-being: instead, President Sheinbaum’s proposal offers a symbolic reduction that leaves intact a 6 day work week & opens the door to 12 hour days.
