US EditionMexico Passes 40-Hour Workweek Bill Championed by President Sheinbaum
Mexico’s new law will reduce the workweek from 48 to 40 hours by 2030, benefiting about 13.4 million workers with one paid day off weekly.
- On Feb 25 the Ministry of Labour posted details confirming Mexico's Congress approved a bill to reduce the legal workweek from 48 to 40 hours, with phased implementation from 2027.
- The reform aims to reduce hours gradually, with President Claudia Sheinbaum introducing the initiative in December to address over 2,226 work hours per year and 55% informal sector workers.
- After 10 hours of debate, critics said the bill raises weekly overtime to 12 hours from nine and business groups warned shorter hours could raise labour costs and hurt productivity.
- The lower house approved the bill's outline on Feb 24 with 469 deputies present and later approved particulars with 411 votes; final enactment depends on more than half of state legislatures, with January 2027 as the first implementation date.
- Regionally, Mexico joins Chile and Colombia in trimming legal workweeks under leftist governments, while Brazil pursues similar laws and a Nexus poll shows more than 60% support.
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Mexico approves reduction of work week from 48 to 40 hours—eventually
Mexican lawmakers approved President Claudia Sheinbaum’s initiative to gradually reduce the work week from 48 hours to 40 hours early Wednesday. The constitutional reform now goes to state legislatures for approval, where Sheinbaum’s governing party controls the majority. It passed the lower chamber of the Congress early Wednesday with 411 votes in favor and 58 against. The Senate had already approved it earlier this month. The change will be im…
Mexico is fundamentally reforming its labour law, and Parliament voted in favour of a gradual reduction in weekly working hours.
The measure was generally endorsed with 469 votes in favour of all the benches; however, in particular, the vote was differentiated.
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