Overview
- Movimiento Ciudadano urged Congress to approve a 40-hour week before recess or convene an extraordinary session, pressing to guarantee two mandatory weekly rest days.
- The government’s proposal legally defines the workweek as 40 hours regardless of distribution and prohibits cutting pay as hours fall.
- It creates a mandatory electronic employer registry to record start and end times and raises the weekly extraordinary-hour ceiling from 9 to 12, capping triple-rate pay at 4 hours.
- The rollout would cut the standard week to 46 hours in 2027, 44 in 2028, 42 in 2029 and 40 in 2030, with 2026 flagged for preparation.
- Employers and labor specialists warn of roughly 30% higher labor costs and potential overuse of overtime, while a separate PRI bill proposes six new mandatory holidays in 2026.