After several months of discussion and uncertainty, on November 3, 2022, Mexico’s Senate of the Republic approved a bill that would modify articles 76 and 78 of Mexico’s Federal Labor Law (FLL) to entitle employees to more paid vacation days.
Mexico is currently one of the countries in the world with the fewest number of paid vacation days for employees, yet Mexican employees work more hours on average than other workers in the Western Hemisphere—an average of 2,255 hours yearly. Since 2018, with the implementation of Mexico’s Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare’s (STPS) Official Standard 035, “Psychosocial Risk Factors at Work—Identification, Analysis and Prevention” (NOM-035-STPS-2018), the Mexican government has been making advancements to create more balance between work and life and prevent future consequences for employees, such as burnout syndrome and work-related illnesses.
If enacted as approved by the Senate, the measure would allow employees to accrue vacation leave as follows:
| Current Leave Accrual | Proposed Leave Accrual | ||
| Years Worked | Vacation leave employees are entitled to | Years Worked | Vacation leave employees are entitled to |
| 1 | 6 days | 1 | 12 days |
| 2 | 8 days | 2 | 14 days |
| 3 | 10 days | 3 | 16 days |
| 4 | 12 days | 4 | 18 days |
| 5 to 9 | 14 days | 5 | 20 days |
| 10 to 14 | 16 days | 6 to 10 | 22 days |
| 15 to 19 | 18 days | 11 to 15 | 24 days |
| 20 to 24 | 20 days | 16 to 20 | 26 days |
| 25 to 29 | 22 days | 21 to 25 | 28 days |
| 30 to 34 | 24 days | 26 to 30 | 30 days |
| 31 to 35 | 32 days | ||
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