Mexico City – With 89 votes in favor, 0 against and 0 abstentions, the Mexican Senate last week unanimously approved doubling the number of paid vacation days for workers in the private sector from 6 to 12 days after the first year of work.
The reforms to articles 76 and 78 of the Federal Labor Law establishes that employees will get two additional days of vacation for each of the following five subsequent years, up to 20 days.
“Workers who have more than one year of service will enjoy an annual paid vacation period, which in no case may be less than 12 days,” reads the reform.
Once this happens, after the sixth year of service in the company, workers will receive two days for every five years worked.
The proposed reforms have been turned over to the Chamber of Deputies for analysis, discussion and voting.
The changes to the law will enter into force on the first day of 2023, as long as the opinion is approved by the Chamber of Deputies and subsequently receives the endorsement of the Ministry of the Interior and is published as a decree in the Official Gazette of the Federation.
“The modifications of this Decree will be applicable to the individual or collective work contracts in force on the date of its entry into force, whatever their form or name, provided that they are more favorable to the rights of workers,” adds the text.
The opinion, approved by 89 votes in favor, was drawn up from four initiatives by different senators from the parliamentary fractions of the Citizen Movement (MC), Labor (PT), and Social Encounter (PES) parties.
Mexico is the country that has the shortest vacation period in the world and it is hoped that the extension of leisure days will contribute to improved emotional health and greater performance and productivity.
The coordinator of the Morena faction, Ricardo Monreal, described the changes to the Labor Law as a “historical fact” that results in the consolidation of justice for the working class.
Source: Vallarta Opina
