in front of people in protest President Claudia Sheinbaum He promised that a 40-hour working week would be achieved as part of his Labor commitments during his government. So far, discussion of constitutional reform to reduce working time in Mexico has stalled, but the debate may soon resume.
“I am sure we will achieve this through agreement with employers.” we will reach slowly A six-year term, 40-hour weeks,” the president said during his message in Mexico City’s main square.
The workday reduction is the 60th commitment Sheinbaum Pardo has made during his administration. Although the topic was not included in the document 100 steps to changeIn which the priorities of the new government were considered, at various places the President remarked that the 40-hour week would be addressed with a view to seeking consensus.
Constitutional reform to recognize a extra day of restwhich practically represents a limit of 40 hours of work per week, being one of the amendments which were pending at the Congress of the Union.
The opinion was approved by the Constitutional Points Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, but its vote did not reach the plenary session despite open parliament forums. last attempt to unblock repairThe Political Coordination Board (Jucopo) instructed the Labor and Social Welfare Commission of San Lazaro to compile business and union sector proposals to create a transitional arrangement; However, shared information is not enough to achieve this.
seriality, great demand
gradual reduction The working day promised by President Claudia Sheinbaum is in line with the experience of other countries, international recommendations and even the main request of the business sector during open parliament forums convened by the Chamber of Deputies.
However, before the dialogue exercise, trade chambers sought to put the brakes on the discussion of the 40-hour reform, after the forums private initiatives called for the creation of custom suits to be able to proceed with the reduction in working time. . ,
The gradual reduction in working hours is part of this recommendation 116 An instrument of the International Labor Organization (ILO), an instrument with guidelines to ideally reduce the working day to 40 hours, and with a validity of more than 60 years.
In fact, the last economies in Latin America, Chile and Colombia, that managed to lower their legal limits on working hours did so with gradual changes.
Work on digital platforms is also being regulated
Among her work commitments, President Claudia Sheinbaum also assured that this month she will send a proposal to guarantee social security workers working on digital platforms,
“This month we will send legislation to guarantee the mandatory nature of social Security For telephone application delivery personnel, the President promised.
Regulation of work by applications was part of the priorities raised in the document 100 steps to changeAnd the President has reiterated his intention to guarantee social security in various places delivery man and driver Apps,
“What is very important is what has to do with the informality of the delivery people, because they don’t even have a contract; They are ‘partners’ of big international companies. We need them in this work which has increased a lot in our country, especially in big cities. rights of these workers“The current president said at a press conference.
This would not be the first time that the executive branch has promoted this discussion; In the previous six-year term, the Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS) – at that time headed by Luisa María Alcalde Luján – had begun with the preparation of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare. A draft reform to regulate work on digital platforms, although the initiative was not presented, at least not officially.