Querétaro, Qro. Given the entry into force of the labor justice reform, as of November 3, local manufacturing and export maquila companies envision the challenge of updating and training their areas of human or labor resources regarding the changes that the new model, as well as informing its collaborators regarding their labor rights.
Querétaro integrates the second phase of implementation of the reform together with 12 other states; It was initially forecast that it will come into force from October 1, however, due to delays in some states, it was postponed to November 3.
The president in Querétaro of the National Council of the Maquiladora and Export Manufacturing Industry (Index), Enrique Quezada Ojeda, highlighted that after an analysis carried out by the council, it was identified that companies should prioritize the training of their human resources areas, based on in the changes posed by the reform.
“Companies must work a little in the area of human resources, because there are new processes or steps to follow, previously you signed the contract with the union, but now they have to review it, so it is a period that must be considered to comply in time, “he commented.
Likewise, he stressed, it is necessary to inform workers in relation to the changes proposed by the reform, as well as their labor rights.
The council identified as an urgent measure the training and updating of the human resources areas or labor relations areas on the new labor regulations.
“More than anything the work that must be done a lot is to educate, in the sense of giving all the information to the workers, that they know what they are entitled to, train people so that they have all this information and can exercising their rights is something that we have seen many times, people are unaware of what they can demand, “he added.
Therefore, through the state council it has been decided to issue information on the matter and hold seminars on the matter. According to the analysis carried out by Index, it was identified that until the end of September the modifications in the status of the collective contracts, with local registration, report an advance of 30.6%, when making modifications to 184 of 601 current registrations. Up to the ninth month, 53 collective bargaining agreements had also been legitimized.
On the occasion of the reform, Index recommended that its members work on strategic and long-term work planning; in addition to adjusting the company’s procedures in relation to contractual negotiations, anticipating a different behavior from previous years, in the face of processes such as democratic voting.
As well as analyzing that the union in question is representative of the company’s business line; redesign and strengthen recruitment policies towards goals of greater talent retention and improve employee relationship practices.
The state –according to Index reports– has the necessary progress to move towards the new labor legislation, because it was the first entity that applied to obtain subsidies for the construction and adaptation of the conciliation centers and local courts of arbitration.
In addition to the fact that it already has an office of the Federal Center for Labor Conciliation and Registration, two conciliation centers, as well as federal labor courts and three local labor courts.
Given the entry into force of the reform, Index identified that there is a high probability of starting to negotiate with new or unknown unions.
Meanwhile, lawsuits prior to November 3 will continue to be processed before the Conciliation and Arbitration Boards, and the procedures for negotiating labor contracts will be submitted for approval in a union assembly by secret ballot.
The assistant general secretary and legal director at the Confederación de Trabajadores de México (CTM) in Querétaro, Miguel Rodríguez Navarro, urged that a period after the implementation of the reform, the first results be evaluated to identify that it does not remain only in the speech.
“(He hopes) that it is for the better, that it be effective, that the labor judges enter their activity at 100%, that the criterion also prevails, is one of the main risks of the reform, because the presidents of the boards issued an award Based on a criterion, we hope that although the law takes into account that the judges are not strictly legalistic, that there is a criterion, fairness, that they be of very broad criteria, of social criteria ”, he declared.
Querétaro is one of the 13 states that are part of the second stage of the application of the labor justice reform, a phase that is expected to come into effect this Wednesday, November 3.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx