According to the schedule released by the committee, more than 300 people from academia, workers, entrepreneurs, guilds, unions, and representatives of the national government will be present for the analysis.

A session is scheduled for tomorrow with the Tripartite Commission, which agrees annually on the minimum wage, composed of government delegates, labor unions, and business associations.

According to the president of the Commission, Angélica Lozano, “the Senate is capable of achieving a labor reform to serve the people, ordinary men and women, by listening to each other.” She added that due to the insistent message submitted by the Ministry of the Interior, no other bill can be discussed, nor will any issue be included on the group’s agenda.

The bill, which was approved in October of last year by the House of Representatives, proposes significant changes to labor legislation, such as establishing a maximum workday of eight hours per day and 42 hours per week. It also stipulates that overtime work cannot exceed two hours per day and 12 hours per week, and stipulates a 35 percent surcharge for those who work at night.

Another article of the proposal establishes double pay for hours worked on a day of rest, which will be implemented gradually, beginning with an 80 percent surcharge in 2025.

The bill currently under discussion failed in the Senate’s Seventh Committee on March 18th due to eight members of Congress who filed a motion to dismiss the initiative. However, on May 14, an appeal seeking to revive the case was approved, so it is now being heard by a different committee than the one that previously filed it.

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