Health System Lacking for Mexico Informal Workers teleSUR
go to original September 24, 2014

An international organization also said that subcontracting and outsourcing in Mexico goes against worker security.

The International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) concluded that Mexico needs to implement an occupational health system that guarantees a social safety net for people working in the informal sector.

ICOH spokeswoman Enriquez Viveros said that Mexico has made headway in its recent labor reforms on the issue of workplace health for those in the formal sector, but for those working under the table, problems persist.

In an interview at the XVII National Congress of Workplace Health, she said the World Health Organization also advocates the need for this type of protection for laborers in Mexico.

The new labor law in Mexico, ratified November 29, 2012, requires employers to give its employees workplace safety training, provides guidelines for health inspections, and even establishes a National Consulting Commission on Workplace Safety and Health. However, most of these provisions still apply to the formal sector.

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