Mexico Amends Human Trafficking Law to Include Excess Work Shifts as a Crime of Labor Exploitation
Mexico’s General Law to Prevent, Punish, and Eradicate Crimes Related to Human Trafficking and for the Protection and Assistance to the Victims of These Crimes (“Human Trafficking Law”) has as its purpose to protect the life, dignity, and freedom of vulnerable individuals—such as minors, the elderly, women, physically disabled individuals, and people with mental health conditions that reduce their capacity to form judgments—who may be disadvantaged due to age, sex, precarious socioeconomic conditions, migration conditions, origin, or belonging to an Indigenous people or community. The law was recently amended to protect individuals from working excessive hours.
