Politics · Mexico · 1 day ago
Mexico to require electronic work-hour records as working week is reduced
Mexico plans to gradually reduce working hours starting January 1, 2027.
As part of the change, companies will have to electronically record when workers start and finish.
The records are intended to track time worked and overtime.
The rules will affect companies and workplaces across Mexico.
The Labor and Social Welfare Secretariat still has details to define.
Businesses will need to adapt their operations and put systems in place to meet the new requirements.
The changes matter because employers will have to monitor working time under the shorter-hours rules.
Mexico’s gradual reduction of working hours will bring a new requirement for businesses to use electronic systems to record workers’ start and finish times.
The records are intended to help track hours worked and overtime.
The gradual reduction of working hours is scheduled to begin on January 1, 2027.
The Mexican Labor and Social Welfare Secretariat still has details to define, according to El Economista MX.
- Who
- Businesses will be required to keep electronic records of workers’ hours.
- What
- Companies must use an electronic system to record workers’ start and finish times.
- When
- The working-hours reduction is scheduled to begin on January 1, 2027. The timing for the new recording requirement is not stated.
- Where
- Workplaces in Mexico.
- Why
- To track time worked and overtime.
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- Start date
- January 1, 2027
- Required system
- Electronic records of workers’ start and finish times
- Purpose
- Tracking hours worked and overtime
- Authority with details to define
- Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (STPS)