By: José Díaz and Eumir Quintero UPDATE (March 25th, 2020): Mexican authorities have oficially declared Phase 2 of Contingency. As of the date of publication of this article, there are already 203 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (also known as Coronavirus) Read more…
By Attorney José Díaz As of this month, an employee has several scenarios in which he can make use of certain periods of time to attend critical events of a family-medical nature. The Law of the Mexican Institute of Social Read more…
By: Attorneys José Díaz, Eumir Quintero & José Luis Quezada June 2nd, 2019 will be an election day for Baja California: its people will vote to select their governor, local congressmen and mayors. By legal disposition, it is decreed that Read more…
By: Lics. José Díaz & Eumir Quintero After a lot of waiting, the much-mentioned Labor Reform in Mexico has arrived. Published by the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare on May 1st 2019 in the Federal Official Gazette, the decree Read more…
UPDATE (FEB. 7th, 2019): So far, it only spread to other consumer goods retailers and manufacturers within Matamoros and a few other maquiladoras not previously represented by SJIIM-CTM. RESULTS: 48 Companies on strike where Union has asked for an increase Read more…
It’s time to set new goals and reflect back on last year… For us, it was a year of growth and preparation for our next evolution and challenges. In 2018, we participated in great events such as the ARHITAC meetings, the LegalTech Fest MX Read more…
With the new year came to Mexico the much awaited raise to minimum wages, along with the creation of the “Northern Border Free Zone”. This has been confusing for workers, labor unions and companies, so we hope to help you Read more…
Are we closer to 2 bilateral trade agreements? “UMFTA” or “MUFTA” (US-Mexico Free Trade Agreement) or “CUSFTA” (Canada-US Free Trade Agreement)? There has been much ado about little this week on NAFTA 2.0. As Canada is put in a “take it Read more…
The experts’ consensus was that NAFTA 2.0 negotiations were going to be restarted in the fall of 2018, probably after the US mid-term elections in early November, especially since the US and China were slowly working out their differences during Read more…
July’s Presidential election in Mexico was peaceful, decisive and exemplary. With 53% of the vote and the majority of both Federal Houses of Congress in Mexico, the MORENA party should have a ready hand to establish a government plan and Read more…