In August, collectives of digital platform workers in Mexico presented a manifesto to the country's labour ministry in a bid to have their labour and social protection rights recognised. The government is preparing to table a reform in congress during the first half of next year.
The Mexican government is drafting a labour law reform bill to include a special chapter dedicated to workers on digital platforms. This reform would take into consideration the manifesto proposed by digital platform workers’ groups, which includes the following points:
Recognition of worker status. According to Omar Estefan, director general for social welfare at the ministry of labour, the executive “considers that workers on digital platforms are employed by formal companies, but under an...
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