Overview
- Mexico’s executive detailed a phased cut from 48 to 40 hours starting in 2027 and ending in 2030, paired with an electronic time registry, a higher weekly overtime cap of 12 hours, a four‑hour limit on triple‑rate overtime, and a salary‑protection clause.
- Labor lawyers and business specialists in Mexico warn of roughly a 30% rise in labor costs and the risk of systematic overtime use without robust oversight.
- Movimiento Ciudadano urged an immediate vote or an extraordinary session to approve a 40‑hour law now, pressing for two mandatory weekly rest days beyond the presidential plan.
- Argentina’s government opened extraordinary sessions on Dec. 10 and sent a reform that enables a bank of hours, revises indemnity calculations, curbs ultra‑activity, gives more weight to company‑level agreements, and creates a 3% employer‑funded Assistance Labor Fund.
- Argentine unions oppose the draft and Senate leaders prepare committee debate, with officials seeking swift treatment even as legislative arithmetic points to a contentious process that could extend beyond December.