Mexico approves bill cutting workweek to 40 hours by 2030 - Reuters
Mexico approves bill cutting workweek to 40 hours by 2030 Reuters
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"Productivity is not measured by exhaustion. It is built with dignity."
— Pedro Haces , Politician
"The idea of the reform is not bad, but it is incomplete and was done in a rush."
— Alex Dominguez , Politician
"Productivity is not measured by exhaustion. It is built with dignity."
— Pedro Haces , Politician
"The idea of the reform is not bad, but it is incomplete and was done in a rush."
— Alex Dominguez , Politician
"Se dice que la persona trabajadora podrá acordar un segundo día de descanso con sus patrones."
— Patricia Mercado , Politician
Key People
Alex Dominguez is a lawmaker from the opposition PRI party who criticized the proposed reform.
Claudia Sheinbaum is the President of Mexico City.
Patricia Mercado is a deputy from the political party Movimiento Ciudadano.
Pedro Haces is a ruling-party representative and secretary general of the Autonomous Confederation of Workers and Employees of Mexico.
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Mexico's Chamber of Deputies approved a bill to gradually reduce the workweek from 48 to 40 hours by 2030, while increasing weekly overtime to 12 hours and maintaining only one rest day for every six worked.
Mexico's Congress approved a bill to gradually reduce the workweek from 48 to 40 hours, despite significant resistance from unions who complained that the reform does not do enough for workers.
Mexico's Congress approved a bill to gradually reduce the workweek from 48 to 40 hours, despite significant resistance from unions who complained that the reform does not do enough for workers.
Mexico's Congress approved a bill to gradually reduce the workweek from 48 to 40 hours, despite significant resistance from unions who complained that the reform does not do enough for workers.
La Cámara de Diputados de México ha aprobado en la madrugada de este martes la reforma laboral que reducirá gradualmente la semana laboral de las actuales 48 horas hasta las 40 horas en los próximos cuatro años y establecerá un día de descanso obligatorio remunerado por cada siete días.
La reforma aprobada establece que la jornada laboral será de 40 horas semanales y que por cada seis días de trabajo las personas trabajadoras deberán disfrutar, por lo menos, de un día de descanso con goce de salario.
La Cámara de Diputados aprobó un proyecto de ley para reducir gradualmente la semana laboral de 48 a 40 horas, aunque la reforma, que se espera se implemente a partir del próximo año, aumenta las horas extra semanales y mantiene solo un día de descanso por cada seis trabajados.
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