NEW REGULATION REGARDING TELEWORK OR HOMEOFFICE

R OLIVARES Y ASOCIADOS, S.C. Tel. + (52) 55-6583-44-30 roa@rolivares.mx The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS) published in the DOF on January 11, 2021 the “Decree reforming article 311″.

With this reform, a new definition of “home work” is established in the Federal Labor Law (LFT); The definition and regulation of “teleworking” is included, as well as the special obligations and rights that both employers and workers who use this modality will have. Thus, article 311 of the LFT states that home work is work that is usually carried out for an employer, in the worker’s home or a location freely chosen by him, without supervision or immediate direction of the person providing the work.