Mexico Moves to Protect Platform Workers’ Rights

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A delivery driver for Didi Food, getting ready to deliver orders, in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 16, 2024, could be one of many workers to benefit from labor reform for workers for digital labor platforms. © 2024 Gustavo Graf/Reuters Mexico’s congress has approved an amendment to the country’s federal labor law to uphold the labor rights of workers for digital labor platforms.The amendment reclassifies workers to “employees” from “independent contractors” when their monthly income from digital labor platforms – such as Uber and…

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