It will be next August 2024 when the new regular session period of the new Legislature in the Congress of the Union begins, so it is expected that different reform initiatives to the Federal Labor Law (LFT) for the benefit of workers in the Mexican formal sector.
Under this understanding, it is contemplated that before the end of the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador or, well, during the administration that will be headed by the virtual president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo The following reforms to the Federal Labor Law (LFT) are debated in the Legislative Branch:
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*Reduction of the working day from 48 hours to 40 hours
*Increase in bonus from 15 days of salary to 30 days of salary
*Increase in seniority bonus from 12 days to 15 days of salary
*Increase in holidays for workers
Reduction of the working day to 40 hours
It was the Morena bench in the lower house of the Congress of the Union that presented last year the reform proposal to the LFT to reduce the work week of workers from 48 hours to 40 hours, that is, giving 2 days of rest to workers for every 5 days worked. The legislative amendment has faced various difficulties, to the point that the lower house held an open parliament in October and November 2023.
More holidays
Another of the reforms to the Federal Labor Law that will be studied in the Congress of the Union this 2024 will be the one that proposes adding more holidays for Mexican workers, proposing to add the following to the list:
*Thursday and Holy Friday of Holy Week
*May 5: Commemoration of the Battle of Puebla
*May 10: Mother’s Day
*May 15 teacher’s day
*November 1 and 2
*December 12th
Increase in bonus from 15 days to 30 days
In relation to the bonus, according to the LFT, more specifically to the article 87this must be submitted by companies and employers before December 20 of each year.
Meanwhile, regarding the amount that must be deposited as a bonus to workers in the formal sector, labor laws establish that this must be, at least, corresponding to 15 days of salary.
Now, it was in 2023 when the proposal to reform the Federal Labor Law (LFT) was presented in the Chamber of Deputies to increase the bonus that labor employees receive each year-end. In this sense, the labor reform proposal contemplates that workers in the formal sector receive, instead of 15 days of salary as a bonus, 30 days of salary, that is, it proposes a 100% increase in said legal benefit.
However, a reform with this same purpose was also presented in the Senate, which was already approved by the legislators of the Labor and Social Security Commission, and subsequently sent to the Board of Directors to schedule the day of its debate in the chamber. high.
Increase in seniority premium from 12 days to 15 days
Finally, in the Senate of the Republic, a reform to article 162 of the LFT promoted by the ruling party was presented, which aims to provide 15 days of salary for each year worked as a seniority bonus instead of just 12 days that currently occur, once the employee ends the employment relationship with the corresponding company or employer.
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