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For the first time since Mexico’s federal government rolled
out its pandemic monitoring system in June 2020,
all of the nation’s thirty-two states have been given the green
light to conduct social and business activities without
restriction, although face masks are still required while using
public transportation.
The biweekly four-tiered monitoring system is used to alert
residents to the epidemiological risks of COVID-19 and provide
guidance on restrictions on certain activities in each of the
country’s states.
Each state may designate its own traffic light status, from
green (all activities allowed) through red (only essential
activities allowed). The vast majority of states have assigned
statewide green status. Puebla, however, has designated five of its six
regions in yellow status (medium risk), and Region 3, seat of the
state’s capital, Puebla, in orange status (high risk). Veracruz has assigned the majority of its
municipalities green light status, but it has assigned red light
status to two coastal municipalities.
Below is a map for the period of March 21, 2022, through April
3, 2022, indicating the COVID-19 risk level in each of the states
and the capital.
This chart presents the traffic light status
of each state, and, as applicable, variations between federal and
local traffic light statuses based on publications of the federal
Ministry of Health and status reports provided by each state.
Other News: Profit-Sharing Payment Deadlines
Most for-profit Mexico-based companies that have been in
business for at least one year are required on an annual basis to
make profit-sharing distributions—currently,
10 percent of annual income—with their employees, under a
legal regime called the National Commission on Employee
Participation in Company Profits (Participación de los
Trabajadores en las Utilidades de las Empresas [PTU]).
The deadlines for 2022 for legal entities and individuals to
distribute profit-sharing payments are quickly approaching and are
as follows:
- Legal entities (companies): May 30, 2022
- Individuals (e.g., sole proprietors): June 29, 2022
Under an amendment made on April 23, 2021, to the Federal Labor
Law, the profit-sharing amount is limited to one of the following,
depending on which is more favorable to the employee:
- ninety days of the employee’s salary; or
- the average of the last three years of PTU payments received by
the employee.
According to guidance released by the Ministry of Labor and
Social Welfare, seniority is not factored into calculating an
employee’s profit share. Benefits and bonuses are also not
factored into an employee’s profit share.
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guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought
about your specific circumstances.
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