Claudio Martínez Santistevan, senior associate at the De la Vega y Martínez Rojas Law Firm

The measure will become mandatory in 2027, and the reduction will be made gradually.

The price of food, transportation, and essential services has registered increases, putting pressure on workers’ actual income.

The first anniversary of Plan México is on Tuesday, January 13. Specialists say that the burden of new labor obligations on formal employment could halt SMEs and hinder the achievement of labor goals toward 2030.