return2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoMexico cuts workweek, bans after-hours contact, and guarantees no worker will take a pay cut in the most sweeping labor reform in a generationtechfixated.comexternal-linkmessage-square146linkfedilinkarrow-up11.35Karrow-down18
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minus-squareJack@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·5 days ago“The reform does not mandate two rest days per week. […] create the conditions under which a four-day working week becomes practically achievable for the first time for a significant portion of the Mexican workforce.” Mexico is one of the few countries with only a 1-day weekend, along with: Colombia, Bolivia, Equatorial Guinea, Honduras, Hong Kong, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Uganda, and India (Sundays); Djibouti (only 40h/w tho), Palestine, Iran, and Somalia (Fridays); and Nepal (only 42h/w tho) (Saturdays).
“The reform does not mandate two rest days per week. […] create the conditions under which a four-day working week becomes practically achievable for the first time for a significant portion of the Mexican workforce.”
Mexico is one of the few countries with only a 1-day weekend, along with: