2023-05-08 08:00:07
Mexico is debating shortening their work week from 48 to 40 hours But not everyone agrees. The Mexican bill came out of the committee last week and likely has the votes to pass when the legislative session resumes in September. In Mexico, reducing the work week from the current 48 hours would give workers an additional day off per week. more than 40% of Mexicans (PDF) works six days a week, according to the national statistics institute. “We want the workers here to work to live, not live to work,” he told Telemundo News.
Mexican congresswoman Susana Prieto Terrazas, who presented the proposal.this week. “Many people work 10 or 12 hours a day and it takes up to four hours to go to work and come home. That is not life,” she added. Prieto Terrazas dismissed concerns about the law’s possible immediate application, saying companies have months to familiarize themselves with the draft and make preparations before a vote in congress.The bill arises when other countries they press to adopt a four day work week . “The vast majority of companies taking part in the world’s largest four-day week trial have chosen to continue with the new pattern of work, in a result hailed as evidence it could work across the UK economy. The Guardian reported in March. of this year.
“Of the 61 companies that entered the six-month trial, 56 have extended the four-day week, including 18 that have made it permanent.”
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