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On June 9, the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) published the Home Office Law either NOM-037-STPS-2023in which the rights and obligations of workers and employers or patterns before him telecommuting or remote work, a regulation that will come into force as of December 2023 and that is added to the 44 regulations on occupational health and safety issued by the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS).
Until the beginning of 2022, around 45% of employees in Mexico continued to work under the home office, according to OCC, a format that at that time was much more viable because there was still a high risk of catching Covid-19. However, with the drop in positive cases of this disease, over the course of last year more employees returned to offices.
However, working remotely continues to be one of the best alternatives for millions of men and women in the country, especially because of the advantages it offers, including reduced transportation and meal expenses, productivity, labor flexibility, as well as the possibility to work from any part of the country or the world and saving time in transfers, to mention a few.
Now with the publication of the NOM-037-STPS-2023 in the DOF, those employees who work 40% of the time under the format of telecommuting or remote, they will have certain advantages, such as the proportional payment of some services from their boss or employer. What are these services?
These are the services that your boss or employer must help you pay for if you do Home Office
After the publication of the NOM-037-STPS-2023 In the Official Gazette of the Federation, at the beginning of June 2023, those employees who work 40% remotely have the right to have their employers pay a proportional part of certain services that are used at home. That services should help you pay your boss or employer if you do home officeaccording to the regulations that will enter into force at the end of 2023, are the following:
- Internet
- Electric power consumption
- Computer
- Cell phone
- printer and ink
In addition to such services, your employer or pattern is obliged to promote that people who work under a scheme of telecommuting They have the necessary tools to carry out their activities. This includes an ergonomic chair and ergonomic accessories in order to avoid injuries or physical discomfort due to bad postures caused by a lack of adequate work equipment.
And it is that when doing home office and sitting for a long time, employees can manifest certain discomforts, such as back and shoulder pain, neck discomfort, loss of flexibility and deteriorating circulation in the legs, to name a few consequences.
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