US Committee sees millionaire budget deficit for implementation of labor reform in Mexico

The Interinstitutional Labor Committee for Monitoring and Supervision of the government of US a new report on the progress of the labor reform in Mexico, the use of the resources allocated by the country for this purpose; and revealed that there is in the budget for the reform of the labor law for this year a deficit of about $ 97 million, whose commitment was made by the president. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

In a document of more than 20 pages, the Labor Committee details that there was a commitment by the presidency to allocate adequate resources; and recognizes that “additional funds may be added to the budget at the federal level in 2022. The government remains on track to reach its timeline to establish new justice institutions in all 32 Mexican states by May 2022, one year before the reform deadline. law”.

Even when the Labor Committee was of the opinion that the pace of legitimacy was increasing; emphasizes that “stakeholders in Mexico and the United States continue to express concern that there is an increase in ID requests just before 1 May 2023, the date on which collective agreements become void if they have not yet been legitimized, which will hamper the ability of government authorities to exercise effective oversight of votes. ”

The little progress in legitimizing collective labor contracts is noticeable, as of 559,969 registered, only 3,002 are legitimized, consequently the percentage is 0.5%, and the term expires on May 1, 2023; thus a strong indication is made that they will not have the ability to pay attention to all the credentials.

“It can increase the capacity of the Mexican labor authorities to monitor the voices and may create confusion between workers and employers, at the moment when the collective agreements ceases to be automatically valid.

It must be remembered that the president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador promised to allocate approximately 1.350 million pesos by 2022 for the implementation of the labor reform, a fact that did not occur.

Similarly, it was announced that the third phase of the labor reform, which would take effect on May 1 this year, would experience a 5-month delay due to budgetary issues in 12 states of the Mexican Republic.

This report also mentions that there has been alleged intimidation and coercion by the unions seeking to maintain control, misleading the employer about the process, and believes that there is a lack of public information about the oversight of the process by the Mexican government, including monitoring worker complaints, limiting public accountability.