Overview
- PRI Senator Pablo Guillermo Angulo Briceño introduced a Senate initiative to amend the Federal Labor Law to regulate how employers use artificial intelligence at work.
- No decision that affects a worker’s rights could rely only on software, with human review required for actions like dismissals, performance ratings, or job changes.
- Employers would have to tell staff when automated tools assign tasks or evaluate performance, limit digital surveillance, and prevent discrimination driven by algorithms.
- If enacted, the Labor Ministry (STPS) would have 180 days to publish general guidelines, followed by 180 more days for companies to update policies and systems.
- The push lands in a crowded debate with 180-plus AI proposals and ideas for new oversight bodies, as backers cite OECD and McKinsey estimates on job exposure and warn against rules that stall innovation.