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Mexico Senate Weighs Mandatory Salary Ranges in Job Ads With Fines Up to 565,700 Pesos

Competing initiatives seek to formalize pay transparency in hiring as measures continue through the Senate.

Overview

  • PRI senator Paloma Sánchez Ramos filed a bill to add Article 5 Bis and modify Article 1000 of the Federal Labor Law to require every vacancy to display a salary range and to specify any variable pay with its calculation basis.
  • Under the proposal, labor authorities could order immediate correction or removal of noncompliant postings and levy fines of 250 to 5,000 UMA, reported as up to 565,700 pesos.
  • A separate initiative from senators Martha Lucía Micher, Geovanna Bañuelos and Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas seeks to reform Article 83 to mandate salary transparency in job listings.
  • With these filings, the current legislature now counts about five initiatives aimed at tightening recruitment transparency and salary visibility in vacancies.
  • Sponsors argue the reforms would curb precarious work and deter fraudulent or criminal job ads, citing analysis that 56% of formal private-sector workers earn below a 12,500‑peso monthly benchmark.