Labor bureau ban proposed in Mexico's Federal Labor Law

At a glance

• On March 24, 2026, the Mexican Senate approved a bill to amend the Federal Labor Law that would prohibit employers from using systems that collect employees' personal data for the purpose of restricting or conditioning their continued employment.
• The bill is intended to protect workers from surveillance-based employment practices that could be used to unjustly limit their job security.
• If enacted, employers would be barred from deploying data collection mechanisms as a basis for making adverse employment decisions.
• The bill has now been referred to the Chamber of Deputies for further consideration and study before it can be signed into law.