By: José Díaz y Eumir Quintero The Ministry of Labor and Social Security published on April 23, 2021 in the Federal Official Gazette a decree through which various provisions of the Federal Labor Law, as well as other laws, are amended, added and repealed (Social Security Law, Infonavit Law, Income Tax Read more…
On December 23, 2021, the resolution issued by the National Minimum Wages Commission (CONASAMI) was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation, where the general and professional minimum wages that will govern our nation as of January 1st 2021 were set. That is why we have given ourselves the Read more…
By: José Díaz and Eumir Quintero Health Safety Guidelines for a New Labor Environment By decrees issued on May 14th and 15th of 2020, the Ministry of Health published on the Federal Official Gazette the strategy to resume social, educational and economic activities. The strategy contains the Health Safety Technical Read more…
By: José Díaz and Eumir Quintero 1. Falls short of the Full-Blown General Health Contingency with work suspension outlined in Article 73 section XVI, subsections 2a., and 3a., of the Mexican Constitution, and it fulfills the specific case of suspension in accordance to Article 427, section VII of the Federal Read more…
“From Winter, plague and pestilence, good lord deliver us” Thomas Nashe, 1592 In general, the purpose of a Force Majeure clause in a contract is to excuse both parties from liability when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond their control prevents one or both of them from fulfilling their obligations Read more…
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) in Mexico. On March 18, the first case of death 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 Security (LSS) and the Federal Labor Law (LFT) now establish 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 of 20% of wages plus a bonus of 32K mexican 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 understand it better by reviewing 4 key points. If 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 or leave it” position just 3 days away from the Read more…