Mexico To Cut Work Week From 48 To 40 Hours By 2030

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Mexico’s government will gradually reduce the standard work week to 40 hours, Labor and Social Security Minister Marath Bolanos said on Thursday, in a move expected to take full effect by January 2030.

Speaking at a Labor Day event, Bolanos said the ministry will hold a series of forums in cities across the country from June to July to help shape a proposal for the gradual transition.

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Mexico currently has a 48-hour work week.

Efforts to shorten the workweek have faced delays. In 2023, a bill aiming to reduce the limit to 40 hours met resistance in Congress, and it was delayed again in 2024. Congress has not approved the legislation.

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The initiative is part of the broader labor reform agenda under President Claudia Sheinbaum.

(Reporting by Ana Isabel Martinez and Natalia SiniawskiEditing by Rod Nickel)

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