[co-author: María José Bladinieres]

Mexico’s reduction of the maximum allowable hours per workweek has dominated labor and employment discussions in 2026, but the government’s increased employment law-related enforcement has also raised the stakes for employer compliance with obligations regarding the prevention of discrimination and violence against women and workplace safety and health requirements.

Quick Hits

• Employers must comply with obligations related to: (i) the prevention of discrimination and violence against women, (ii) NOM-035-STPS-2018 Psychosocial Risk Factors, and (iii) the Chair Law (“Ley Silla”).
• The government has increased workplace investigations, raising the importance of ensuring that employers are in compliance with employment-related laws.

Key Obligations

Prevention of discrimination and violence against women. As a result of several amendments to guarantee an environment free of discrimination and violence against women, on January 15, 2026, a decree was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (Diario Oficial de la Federación (DOF)) reforming several laws, including the Federal Labor Law. Employers are obligated to:

• take actions to prevent and ensure that work environments are free from discrimination and violence;
• guarantee substantive equality between women and men;
• provide periodic training for employees on the prevention of discrimination and violence against women in the workplace; and
• obtain evidence for the above-mentioned...

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