Overview
- Mexico’s six-month pilot labor reform mandates IMSS enrollment and formal employment contracts for app-based drivers and couriers.
- Uber raised mobility fares by up to 7% to offset new social security and contract obligations, remaining the only platform to adjust prices so far.
- Rappi confirmed it will not pass reform expenses onto users, while DiDi and InDrive have yet to announce their pricing strategies.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum insisted companies must shoulder all operational expenses from the pilot rather than shifting them to consumers.
- Profeco and the Labor Secretariat are coordinating inspections to enforce advance fare-notification rules and verify compliance with the labor reform.