The first two months of 2026 have already delivered significant developments in Mexican labor law. From new workplace violence prevention obligations to the long-awaited forty-hour workweek amendment to the Federal Labor Law...more
2/12/2026
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On December 3, 2025, Mexico’s Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social) announced an increase to the daily minimum wage that will be applicable in Mexico for 2026....more
An amendment made to Mexico’s National Housing Fund Institute for Workers (INFONAVIT) law in February 2025 that requires employers to adjust their systems and payroll processes to determine, make, and enter salary deductions...more
11/11/2025
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Mexico’s Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare (Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (STPS)) is responsible for verifying if employers comply with the obligations established in the Federal Labor Law. To do so, the...more
11/11/2025
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Since its enactment in December 2024, the start of enforceability in June 2025, and the publication of complementary health and safety dispositions on July 17, 2025, the Chair Law (Ley Silla) has raised concerns among...more
On June 11, 2025, Mexico’s Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (STPS)) published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (Diario Oficial de la Federación) new operating guidelines...more
By March 31, 2025, companies in Mexico need to file their annual tax returns for the prior fiscal year with the Tax Administration Service (Servicio de Administración Tributaria (SAT)). In addition to complying with tax...more
Several Mexican employment-related laws will be implemented or amended in 2025, including the approval of the Chair Law (Ley Silla), the recognition of app-based couriers as employees and its derived obligations, the increase...more
App-based couriers in Mexico are now classified as employees under an amendment to the Federal Labor Law published on December 24, 2024, in the Official Gazette of the Federation (Diario Oficial de la Federación). ...more
1/27/2025
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On December 19, 2024, Mexico’s “Ley Silla” (Chair Law) was published in the Official Federal Gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federación). For enforceability purposes, employers will have a 180-day period, as of the publication...more
On December 4, 2024, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare announced an increase to the daily minimum wage that will be applicable in Mexico for 2025....more
The newly elected, current session of Mexico’s legislative branch, the Congress of the Union, convened on September 1, 2024. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration commenced with her inauguration on October 1,...more
Día de Muertos is one of the most identitarian Mexican festivities, and it takes place every November 1 and November 2. Throughout those days, the deceased are celebrated and remembered....more
Mexico’s first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, will take office on October 1, 2024. A month after her electoral triumph, the president-elect started introducing the future members of her presidential cabinet, including...more
Mexico’s General Law to Prevent, Punish, and Eradicate Crimes Related to Human Trafficking and for the Protection and Assistance to the Victims of These Crimes (“Human Trafficking Law”) has as its purpose to protect the life,...more
Approximately sixty-four countries, plus the European Union, will head to the polls in 2024. June 2, 2024, will be the biggest election day taking place in Mexico, when the president (possibly the first female president),...more
On April 3, 2024, the Mexican Supreme Court confirmed the requirement to pay up to three months of base salary for profit-sharing (PTU) payments....more
Because the license renewal process for providers of outsourced specialized services in Mexico is starting, outsourcing providers may want to consider a few points in order to properly comply and not have their registrations...more
On February 21, 2024, Mexico’s Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare published in the Official Gazette of the Federation guidance for the process for renewing a registration as a provider of specialized outsourced services in...more
A wide range of employment-related laws will be implemented or updated in Mexico in 2024, including a revision of the list of occupational diseases and permanent disabilities, an increase in the minimum wage, and an update to...more
1/24/2024
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Mexico’s final congressional ordinary session period for 2023 ended on December 15. Unless an extraordinary session is called, pending bills are now dormant until February 2024 when the first ordinary session of the year...more
Effective January 1, 2024, the daily minimum wage applicable will be MXN $374.89 (approximately USD $21.83) for the Free Zone of the Northern Border (Zona Libre de la Frontera Norte, ZLFN) and MXN $248.93 (approximately USD...more
Mexico’s Congress has continued to make progress on several legislative items of importance to employers and employees alike, including, most especially, a proposed reduction in the maximum number of workweek hours....more
12/8/2023
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Effective December 5, 2023, the Mexican Official Standard NOM-037-STPS-2023, Telework-Safety and Health Conditions (NOM-037), will become enforceable. Accordingly, employers in Mexico that have employees who render services...more
This week, November 5–11, 2023, Mexico’s Congress has continued to make progress on several legislative items that would amend the Federal Labor Law (FLL), including bills to amend or increase: (i) the list of diseases that...more
11/13/2023
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