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Overtime pay and running plants 24/7

Dossier
Workforce, education and talent04-talento.md
Domain
The labor force, in numberstalento
Room
Talent/talento
Audited
not audited

Overtime is paid with a minimum premium of 50% over ordinary wages (Labor Code, article 121, per PeersLegal's summary). Because the legal night shift is 6 hours (36 a week), running three continuous 8-hour shifts does not fit within ordinary working hours: the dossier infers that a 24/7 plant needs four crews or takes on overtime pay for the night shift, a structural cost that matters for maquila and manufacturing. That implication is an editorial inference from the rules, not a citable fact; the premium and the shift limits must be confirmed against the official text of the Code.

The research is written in English; quoted figures, source names and the titles of legal instruments stay in the language their source published them in.

Figures

Recargo mínimo por hora extraordinariaPeersLegal (Código de Trabajo)
+50% sobre el salario ordinario (art. 121 CT)vigente
Turno nocturno legalPeersLegal (Código de Trabajo)
6 h/día, 36 h/semanavigente

Caveat

the implication for 24/7 plants is an editorial inference, not data; legal status to be confirmed

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