Basic worker rights you should know

Commonly, when we start in the working world, we are focused on how many days and hours I will work and how much I will be paid. But we really do not inform ourselves, even a little, about our rights and obligations as workers.

We know that the LFT (Federal Labor Law) exists, but what we do not know is that it is quite a broad law. Below, at Brand Industry, we tell you the basics that one as a worker should know. Or on the other hand, the aspects that as a boss we are obliged to comply with our employees.

The Federal Labor Law consists of 16 topics where principles, work relationships, work conditions, worker representative, arbitration boards, and conciliation among other things that arise and are needed in business situations are covered. The most well-known within the LFT are the work conditions since they are of interest regarding how, how much, and when I will be paid and what I should do.

Within the law, the rights of the worker are stated, among which we consider the most important and/or basic to be:

• Work is a right, so it must be done in conditions that guarantee health, life, and a decent socioeconomic level.
• The worker should not be discriminated against for reasons of race, age, sex, religion, politics, etc.
• There are 6 days of vacation for the first year of service, this increases by 2 days for each year up to the 4th. And from there, 2 days are added for every 5 years of work.
• We are entitled to vacation bonuses, equivalent to 25% of the amount received during the vacation days.
• We are entitled to a Christmas bonus equivalent to 15 days of salary.
• Work a maximum of 48 hours of work weekly and one day of rest per week.
• Right to a salary and to receive at least the minimum wage.
• When hired, there must be an employment contract where the following are indicated: Information of both parties, duration of employment, services to be provided, place where they will be provided, salary information, training references, vacations, and any other work condition agreed upon by the parties.
• Protection of personal data provided to the employer.
• Each year, the profit sharing among company employees must be received.
• If pregnant, we have the right that during the maternity period the salary, benefits, and rights of women are not affected. The IMSS will pay 100% of the daily salary during maternity and if it is prolonged, there is a right to 50% of the daily salary for a maximum period of 60 days.
• We also have the right to terminate the work relationship, if it is without justified cause the employer must compensate the employee with a payment corresponding to 3 months of integrated salary plus 20 days of integrated salary per year of service and plus a seniority bonus.

The rights we have mentioned are just the tip of the iceberg of the law. However, it is the minimum we should consider as an employer when starting a new work relationship.