Mexico’s federal government is continuing to reopen more of the country as the pandemic appears to be waning, with half of the 32 states designated in green traffic light status - the status under which all business and...more
On May 24, 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social) (STPS) published guidance under the recently amended Mexican Labor Law in the Official Gazette of the Federation clarifying...more
For the sixth consecutive two-week COVID-19 reporting period, none of Mexico’s 32 states are in red traffic light status, the most stringent of the nation’s four-tiered monitoring system designed to prevent the spread of the...more
On April 23, 2021, an amendment to the Mexican Labor Law was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation. Below are the key points about the amendment and how they will affect employers that outsource or subcontract...more
After weeks of improving pandemic conditions in Mexico - since March 2021, none of Mexico’s 32 states has been classified in red status, the strictest tier of the federal government’s four-tiered COVID-19 traffic light...more
The degree of pandemic risk in Mexico has been steadily improving nationwide, and since March 1, 2021, none of the 32 states has been required to halt all nonessential activities under the strictest tier - called the “red...more
Mexico’s federal government continues to relax restrictions on business and social activities in accordance with the four-tiered national traffic light monitoring system as COVID-19 pandemic conditions continue to improve in...more
Pandemic conditions in Mexico are continuing to improve, prompting the federal government and local governments to ease restrictions on business and social activities in accordance with the four-tiered traffic light...more
The COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico appears to be abating after spiking in January and February 2021. The notable improvement in epidemiological conditions has prompted the federal government and local governments to gradually...more
Mexico updates the monitoring system every two weeks, and the federal government uses it to provide guidance to the states on hygiene measures and work and mobility restrictions in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus...more
Due to increased population mobility and the seasonal winter climate, the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico has worsened, prompting many states to issue hygiene measures to reduce the rate of infection and hospital occupancy rates....more
On November 12, 2020, the Federal Executive filed before the Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union the “Initiative of the Federal Executive that reforms, adds and derogates various provisions of the Federal Labor...more
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As of January 18, 2021, the number of positive COVID-19 cases recorded in Mexico since the pandemic began had risen to nearly 1.65 million, up from 1.45 million two weeks earlier. Some areas of Mexico have higher infection...more
Cases of COVID-19 are continuing to rise in Mexico, with more than 1.45 million positive cases as of January 4, 2021, according to the Ministry of Health, and hospital occupancy rates still climbing. The worsening spread of...more
The twice-monthly monitoring system was implemented in June 2020, and is used to alert residents to the epidemiological risks, and provide guidance on restrictions on certain activities, in each of the country’s 32 states,...more
On December 16, 2020, the Mexican National Commission on Minimum Wages (Comisión Nacional de los Salarios Mínimos or CONASAMI) approved, by majority vote, a general increase to the daily minimum wage, including an increase to...more
On December 9, 2020, Mexico’s Senate of the Republic approved amendments to Article 311 and added Chapter XII Bis of the Federal Labor Law (FLL), on teleworking. If President Andres Manuel López Obrador approves the bill, it...more
In an effort to control the spread of COVID-19, the Mexican federal government implemented a four-color “traffic light” monitoring system in June 2020 to alert residents to the epidemiological risks in each of the country’s...more
On November 12, 2020, during a recurring morning press conference, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador issued an amendment proposal to reform various laws with the aim of establishing a new regulation to the outsourcing...more
In an effort to control the spread of COVID-19, the Mexican federal government implemented a “traffic light” monitoring system in June 2020 to alert residents to the epidemiological risks in each of the country’s 32 states...more
In June 2020, the federal government of Mexico established a “traffic light” monitoring system in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to place appropriate health and safety restrictions on certain activities and alert...more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to adjust restrictions “to regulate the use of public and private spaces” according to epidemiological risk, the federal government of Mexico established a bimonthly...more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to adjust restrictions according to epidemiological risk, the federal government of Mexico established a bimonthly traffic-light monitoring system aligned with health...more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to ease lockdown restrictions, the federal government of Mexico established a bimonthly traffic-light monitoring system aligned with health protocols to guide Mexico’s states...more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to ease lockdown restrictions, the federal government of Mexico established a bimonthly traffic-light monitoring system aligned with health protocols to guide Mexico’s states...more