Overview
- The Senate voted 96–0 to amend Article 86 of the Federal Labor Law to empower targeted workplace inspections on pay equality.
- The reform authorizes the federal Labor Ministry (STPS) and state labor authorities to verify equal pay for work of equal value and to order corrective actions when disparities are found.
- The approved decree was sent to the Chamber of Deputies; if enacted and published in the official gazette, it would take effect the next day.
- Labor authorities would have 30 business days after publication to adjust inspection programs, with the framework framed as preventive and corrective rather than creating new penalties in this text.
- The initiative aligns with ILO Convention 100, CEDAW and UN SDG 5, and is backed by data showing women professionals in Mexico earn about 34% less than men and face pension outcomes up to 20% lower.