Joint Commissions in Mexico
Occupational risk management and prevention
Our department of occupational risk management and prevention offers advisory services and measures aimed at fulfilling the different laws and regulations, both federal and state, in labor matters such as joint commissions.
The services that we offer in Mexico start with the diagnosis of the current situation of your company in order to carry out a proposal tailored to your needs to comply with the current legislation.
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Joint Commissions
Joint Commissions in Mexico cover three laws, whose compliance is verified in an inspection visit by the Labor Secretariat, so-called inspection visit of working conditions.
It concerns compliance with:
- Ageing schedule
- Integration of commission
- Development of the ageing schedule
- Internal labor regulations
- Joint Commission
- Development of the internal labor regulations
- Registration with the authority
- PTU (Workers’ share of profits)
- Joint Commission
- Identification of PTU
The compliance with this law is compulsory for all companies with contract staff.
The fines for non-compliance range from $40,000 and $450,000 pesos.
Joint Commission on training and skills development
Management of necessary actions to comply with inspection visits on training, skills development and productivity carried out by the Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare:
- Training and skills development
- Joint commission integration
- Identification of training needs
- Development of the training annual plan
- Training courses management
The enforcement of this law is compulsory for all companies with contract staff.
The fines for non-compliance range from $40,000 and $450,000 pesos.
Joint Commission for the prevention of risk factors
Joint Commission for the prevention of psychosocial risk factors, NOM-035-STPS-2018
Management of actions necessary to comply with the inspection visit on prevention of psychosocial risk factors carried out by the Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare:
- Diagnosis and review of conditions for the implementation of the NOM- 035-STPS-2018. It is mandatory since October 2019.
- Second phase. It is mandatory since October 2020.
The enforcement of this law is compulsory for all companies with contract staff.
The fines for non-compliance range from $40,000 and $450,000 pesos.
Joint Commission on Safety and Hygiene
Safety and Hygiene: NOM-019 y NOM-030 and as appropriate, depending on the workplace.
Management of actions necessary to comply with the inspection visit on occupational safety and health carried out by the STPS, as well as to comply with the regulations regarding Civil Protection set by the municipal and state entities:
- Joint commission integration on Safety and Hygiene.
- Diagnosis of conditions, characteristics, needs and situation of the workplace to determine the applicable laws and regulations.
- Production, implementation and development of the safety and health preventive services.
The enforcement of this law is compulsory for all companies with workplace.
The fines for non-compliance range from $40,000 and $450,000 pesos and even in serious cases can originate the suspension of activities.
Frequently Asked Questions on Joint Commissions in Mexico
The Joint Commissions in Mexico are a group of people selected through a democratic process by employers and workers of the company. They have the powers and responsibilities to know, prevent or solve conflicts occurring at the internal part of the company that are derived from the working relationship. They can also suggest and carry out projects to keep workers and employers, provide security and achieve a harmonic balance between them.
Joint Commissions set out as compulsory by the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States and Federal Labor Act are: Joint Commission on Safety and Hygiene; Joint Commission on training, skills development and productivity; commission to determine the participation of workers in the company’s profits; commission to develop the general ageing schedule; and the commission to integrate internal labor regulations.
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