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After the dignified vacation reform was approved in Congress at the end of 2022, it is now the senators of the Green Ecologist Party of Mexico (PVEM) who proposed this Wednesday to increase the bonus for private initiative workers in the country.

Currently, this work benefit consists of a minimum of 15 days of the worker’s salary, which is why article 87 of the Federal Labor Law (LFT) would be amended to increase it to 30 days.

“Article 87.- Workers will be entitled to an annual bonus which must be paid before December 20, equivalent to at least 30 days of salary”

In their initiative, Senators Gabriela Benavides Cobos, Alejandra Lagunes Soto Ruíz and María Graciela Gaitán Diaz indicated that the Christmas bonus is a right that has not undergone any change since 1975, despite the increase in product prices, the change of the company’s way of life and the variation of the national currency in relation to other currencies.

“Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Peru, Argentina, Guatemala, China are just some of the nations that establish the Christmas bonus worth at least 30 days’ wages or one-twelfth of the wages received during a period of work. year”

They argued that the doubling of the Christmas bonus will allow the fluidity of the national economy, since it must be remembered that the date on which this labor right is executed occurs during the months when Mexican families consume the most, making necessary and complementary expenses to satisfy their needs. .

In addition, they explained that this reform will contribute to the financial policy to deal with wage inequalities which, since the beginning of the current year, have been applied to the 20% wage increase by the Federal Executive.

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