Overview
- The Senate's Commission on Labor approved the amended bill on Wednesday, returning the measure to the Chamber of Deputies for consideration before any final vote or presidential enactment.
- The draft adds a formal definition of “digital disconnection” to the Federal Labor Law and creates a new employer duty to respect workers' right to ignore work communications outside their shift and to issue a written internal policy explaining rules and availability.
- The transparency provisions would require employers to publish salary ranges and the criteria used to set pay in job postings and contracts, and would ban vague expressions such as “competitive salary.”
- The reform sets a 180-day transition period after publication in the Diario Oficial de la Federación for companies to update contracts and policies, and gives the Labor Ministry 90 days after entry into force to issue implementing regulations.
- Senators also approved related labor measures in the same session on gender equality in professional sport, paid leave for extraordinary elections, fishermen's labor rights, and rules to strengthen democracy in unions.