Mexico’s congress has approved a plan to reduce the country’s workweek from 48 hours to 40.
The plan would gradually lower the country’s standard workweek from six eight-hour days to five. The decrease in hours would begin incrementally starting next year to reach a 40-hour week in 2030.
The change now goes to Mexico’s state legislatures for approval, most of which are controlled by the same party that has a majority at the federal level.
Mexico’s government estimates the policy change would impact more than 13.5 million workers. President Claudia Sheinbaum also increased the federal minimum wage by 13% starting at the beginning of this year, the latest of several minimum wage hikes since her party came to power in 2018.
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