Quick Hits

• NOM-035, published in 2018, established Mexico’s first explicit regulatory framework addressing psychosocial risk factors and employer obligations related to employees’ physical and mental well-being in the workplace.
• The standard catalyzed a series of labor reforms including expanded vacation entitlements, remote work regulations, recognition of mental health disorders as occupational diseases, the Chair Law requiring workplace seating, and the gradual reduction of the workweek to forty hours by 2030.
• Employers in Mexico face growing regulatory and operational challenges as the labor framework increasingly prioritizes employee safety, physical health, mental well-being, and work-life balance in line with the principles first advanced by NOM-035.

Although NOM-035 may initially have appeared to be an isolated regulatory measure, its impact has been far-reaching and profound. Its underlying principles and objectives have substantially influenced the development of various labor reforms and the enactment of new regulations, particularly those aimed at protecting mental health, preventing psychosocial risk factors, and promoting healthier and more balanced work environments for employees.

In October 2018, the Official Mexican Standard NOM-035-STPS-2018, Psychosocial Risk Factors at Work: Identification, Analysis, and Prevention (NOM-035), was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (Diario Oficial de la Federación, or DOF). This regulatory instrument...

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