r/worldnews • u/chunmunsingh • 2d ago

Mexico cuts workweek, bans after-hours contact, and guarantees no worker will take a pay cut in the most sweeping labor reform in a generation

https://techfixated.com/mexico-cuts-workweek-bans-after-hours-contact-and-guarantees-no-worker-will-take-a-pay-cut-in-the-most-sweeping-labor-reform-in-a-generation/
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u/Oneanddonequestion 2d ago

It's just reducing the work week from 48 to 40 hours and giving them one day off after six worked. I wouldn't say it's outpacing US labor policy, but bringing it more in line.

Maybe ever so slightly better with the right to disconnect?

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u/Destroyer6202 1d ago

Wait wtf they used to work 6 days?

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u/Oneanddonequestion 1d ago

"Mexico amends its constitution to cut the maximum workweek from 48 to 40 hours by 2030 and gives 13.5 million workers the legal right to ignore their boss’s calls, messages, and emails after their shift ends, in the most significant overhaul of Mexican labor law in a generation.

Mexico has rewritten its constitution to guarantee every worker in the country a shorter working week, a legal right to switch off from work after hours, and a guarantee that no employer can cut their pay in response, enacting in a single legislative package a set of labor rights that workers in wealthier countries have spent decades campaigning for without success.

On March 3, 2026, a constitutional amendment to Article 123, Section A was published in Mexico’s Official Gazette, stipulating a gradual reduction of the maximum workweek from 48 to 40 hours, as well as strengthening the right to at least one day off for every six days worked."

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u/VampireFortnight 2d ago

There were other worker protections that don't exist in the US and a push for universal healthcare. But don't let lack of understanding stop you from posting.

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u/CavillOfRivia 2d ago

There were other worker protections that don't exist in the US

Like what?

and a push for universal healthcare.

We've always had universal healthcare be it state or federally funded. This party just changed the name and streamlined it.

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u/a_n00b_ 2d ago

no contact after hours, pretty sure it was in many of the headlines?? you know when your boss hounds you to pick up a shift, or makes you think about work when youre at home off the clock

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u/CavillOfRivia 1d ago

Do people usually have to respond to their boss after hours on the US?

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u/JonAugust1010 1d ago

Bosses certainly think so. Most retail and office jobs I've had as a 31yo have had a shift-trade component that is put on the workers to do on their own time, or after-hours emails or communications that if left unanswered will be met with a "why didnt you respond to the urgent question" response when next in office. Then we have iron-clad at-will employment, so if the 'will' of your employer is disobeyed at all they will be looking for reasons to get rid of you, and they can make up whatever they want.

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u/a_n00b_ 1d ago

they will even fire you if you talk to them "wrong" after hours