On 1 May 2025, it was announced that the 40-hour
workweek will be progressively implemented in Mexico. We take a
look at what this 'gradual implementation' might look like
and how employers can prepare.
On 1 May 2025, in commemoration of Labour Day, Marath
Bolaños, head of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare
(STPS), announced that, at the direction of President Claudia
Sheinbaum Pardo, the 40-hour workweek will be progressively
implemented in Mexico.
While the precise method of this gradual implementation process
has not yet been defined, the head of the STPS stated that the
40-hour work week is expected to be reached by January 2030. It is
therefore estimated that the reduction could be implemented at a
rate of two hours per year starting in 2027.
