Employers with operations in Mexico are about to experience an unprecedented shift in labor and employee relations. As Wen Dong, Director, Global Affairs for HR Policy Global, writes , after May 1, as a result of Mexico’s 2019 labor law reforms, nearly all the 500,000 collective bargaining agreements that previously existed will disappear.
Effective May 1, 2023, the 2019 labor reform law requires collective bargaining agreements to be voted on by employees and states that any agreements not legitimized through this voting process before that date will be eliminated. While proponents designed the law to outlaw so-called Protection Contracts and replace ...