return2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours 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-square103fedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down16
arrow-up11Karrow-down1external-linkMexico cuts workweek, bans after-hours contact, and guarantees no worker will take a pay cut in the most sweeping labor reform in a generationtechfixated.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square103fedilink
minus-squareJack@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·edit-212 hours 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: