The project objective is to improve government systems for labor law compliance in mexico, with a focus on bringing labor practices in targeted states in line with mexico's 2017 constitutional…

The $24 million Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs will fund projects to strengthen labor law compliance in Mexico through 2027. The award will support training for federal and state labor inspectors in Mexico to improve enforcement of labor laws, particularly in priority sectors covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. It will also enhance strategic planning and administration of inspections. Outcomes include improved enforcement of labor laws, administration of inspections, and engagement with supply chain actors. The American Institutes for Research will deliver services under the International Labor Programs grant program (CFDA 17.401), which promotes fair labor standards globally. No subrecipient activities are included.

The project objective is to improve government systems for labor law compliance in mexico, with a focus on bringing labor practices in targeted states in line with mexico's 2017 constitutional reform on labor justice, 2019 labor law reform, and USMCA labor commitments. The goal is to strengthen the enforcement capabilities of federal and state mexican labor authorities and improve their labor inspection's efficacy to ensure labor rights compliance. Activities performed the project will development and launch a comprehensive and sustainable training program for labor inspectors at the federal and state levels, provide improvements in strategic planning, administration, resource management of labor inspections, and establish proper outreach and compliance initiatives. The project will focus on developing skills and competencies to apply to inspections in united states-mexico-canada agreement (USMCA) priority sectors, in targeted states and with relevant supply chain actors. Deliverables • outcome 1: improved enforcement of labor laws by federal and state labor inspectors in the target states in USMCA priority sectors. • outcome 2: improved administration of federal and state labor inspections in the USMCA priority sectors. • outcome 3: improved federal and state labor inspectors' engagement with supply chain actors regarding labor law requirements in target states and USMCA priority sectors. Intended beneficiary federal government, federal and state labor inspectors subrecipient activities NA