Overview

• Deputy Leonor Gómez Otegui of Morena presented the bill this week to the Congress of Mexico City.
• The measure would amend the Federal Labor Law to let employers and workers agree on temporary home office when mobility is hindered by torrential rains, flooding, or dam overflows.
• It proposes adding Article 68 bis to guarantee the right to digital disconnection outside work hours, with exceptions only for justified emergencies.
• The author says the plan aligns with a recent call from Mexico City’s Secretariat of Labor urging telework during severe weather.
• Citing WHO warnings about health risks from very long workweeks, the proposal has been referred to the Commission of Labor Affairs, Work and Social Welfare for analysis and a draft opinion.