Overview
- Deputy Armando Corona Arvizu filed an initiative to add Article 74 Bis to the Federal Labor Law recognizing a birthday-related labor right.
- The draft lets each employee either take the birthday off with full pay or work that day for double remuneration.
- Eligibility starts after six months of continuous service, with a proportional benefit for shorter tenures and exceptions for duly justified force majeure.
- Workers must give at least 15 business days’ notice of their choice, and an unjustified refusal by an employer would be treated as a sanctionable infraction.
- The measure has been referred to committees for analysis, as labor specialists flag operational and cost impacts and note that similar birthday leave is typically a voluntary benefit in other countries.