A topic that has caused a stir in recent months is a new Reform to the Federal Labor Law, with the primary objective of improving Labor Justice administration to make it quick, thorough, impartial and effective. This reform will approach the main problems of ordinary labor justice: inadequacy or lack of conciliation; increase of individual conflicts; simulation of dismissals and resignations; intentional delay of trials; usage of the Labor Boards as one-stop offices; issuance and enforceability of final resolutions; abuse of the Appeal procedure (juicio de Amparo); differences of criteria sustained by the Labor Boards; collective bargaining and conflicts; modernization of institutions and proceedings; oral trials; among other issues. The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, together with a group of experts, is already working on this reform, and submission to the Federal Congress for approval is expected in February, 2016.
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