Legal News: IMSS approves transfer of disabled employees in employer substitutions due to subcontracting reform

printable version | September 2021

On September 8, 2021, Agreement ACDO.AS2.HCT.250821/213.P.DPES, issued by the H. Technical Council of the Mexican Social Security Institute (“IMSS”) in a regular session on August 25, 2021, was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (“DOF”). The Agreement approves, for one time only and without setting a precedent, that employers who have made employer substitutions to comply with the reform regarding subcontracting may terminate temporarily disabled workers and register them with the substitute company on the following day, with the same salary with which they were contributing.

This Agreement, which enters into force the day after its publication, instructs the competent IMSS Directorates to issue the administrative provisions necessary for its correct application.

The official publication can be consulted directly at the following link:  https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5629173&fecha=08/09/2021

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