US EditionLabor Reform for Digital Platforms in Mexico: What Does It Consist of and Why Do some Distributors Protest?
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The labor reform for platforms such as Uber, DiDi and Rappi, which came into effect yesterday, June 22, will increase its operating costs and services, which would reduce user demand, with one in three drivers generating less revenue. “As is currently being proposed, it would leave one in three drivers without opportunities to generate and would result in an estimated loss of 12 billion pesos in their revenues,” Uber estimated.Uber estimated tha…
A few days after the reform of the Federal Labor Law to regulate the rights of digital platform workers came into effect, some distributors have gone out to protest the streets. During the blockades carried out in Mexico City this week, they expressed their concern that the project could affect the flexibility of their employment and reduce their income, especially for the contributions to the IMSS that will be discounted.
The Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) approved an agreement that sets in motion a pilot test to incorporate the workers of digital platforms, such as distributors and drivers, into the compulsory social insurance regime. The measure will enter into force on July 1, 2025. During its regular session on May 27, the Technical Council of the IMSS issued the agreement “ACDO.AS2.HCT.270525/132.P.DIR”, which approves the general rules for this…
The reform that regulates the work in applications is already in force, on June 22 they began to operate the new rules for the work scheme in apps, after a period of 180 days since its promulgation.The legal framework establishes new obligations for both digital platforms, as well as for distributors and drivers.The reform incorporates a new chapter into the Federal Labour Law (LFT) with specific rules for these activities.
With the entry into force of the “historic” reform of the Federal Labour Law in the field of digital platforms on Sunday, June 22, everything is ready for the pilot test of compulsory participation on 1 July to grant social security to people who work face-to-face through applications such as Uber, Rappi and DiDi. This pilot program, which will allow the application in the field of the rules issued by the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS)…
Colombian workers. Image: Official account taken in X of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce The labor reform in Colombia is a step away from becoming law, after the approval of the conciliation report of the project on June 20. Only the signature of President Gustavo Petro remains for the initiative to enter into force. In the Senate, the conciliation report was approved with 59 votes in favor and 16 against, while in the House of Representatives it…
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