Overview
- Deputy Juan Ignacio Zavala of Movimiento Ciudadano introduced the proposal Friday in the Chamber of Deputies to add Article 132 I Bis to the Federal Labor Law and require employers to give workers their written contracts before their first day.
- Current law orders two copies of a contract but sets no delivery time, which lets many people start work without seeing pay, hours, or benefits in writing.
- INEGI’s labor survey reports 17.1 million people without a written contract, equal to 41% of Mexico’s subordinate workforce and a sign of persistent informality.
- The draft cites the European Union’s Directive 2019/1152 on clear working conditions and sets no minimum lead time to account for urgent hires, so delivery must happen any time before work starts.
- The bill is now under consideration in Congress, and its sponsor says it only clarifies timing without new costs and could reduce disputes by putting signed terms in workers’ hands up front.