Legislation · Mexico
Working Hours Reform Initiative in Mexico
Galicia - On December 2025, after various working groups and dialogue forums involving business leaders, workers, academics, international organisations, and local and federal authorities, the presidential initiative to gradually implement a 40-hour working week in Mexico (the ‘Initiative’) was presented to the…
Galicia - On December 2025, after various working groups and dialogue forums involving business leaders, workers, academics, international organisations, and local and federal authorities, the presidential initiative to gradually implement a 40-hour working week in Mexico (the ‘Initiative’) was presented to the Congress of the Union.
The Initiative involves a reform of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States and the Federal Labour Law (the ‘LFT’), which is intended to come into force on 1 May 2026 and provides for a progressive reduction in working hours, with a decrease of two hours per year starting on 1 January 2027, according to the following schedule:
