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 trainings modules.

Protocol to prevent gender-based discrimination and address cases of violence, harassment, or sexual harassment, as well as to eradicate forced and child labor. Per Article 132 of the Federal Labor Law, employers must implement a protocol to prevent gender-based discrimination, address violence, harassment, and sexual harassment, and eradicate forced and child labor. This is a...

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