In a cosmopolitan place like Cancun with international tourism from all over the world, hiring foreign personnel can be required. If order to do that, you need to accomplish certain requirements to add them to your work force. By doing this you as an employer will respect the legal standards and procedures at the time your foreign employees will enjoy the certainty of a regular migratory situation.
It is important that you bear in mind the labour relation generalities as well as job contracts, minimal benefits and the causes for a contract termination.
According to the Mexican Law “Ley Federal del Trabajo”, the employer responsibilities due to foreign staff hiring are:
- Work force must consist at least 90% of Mexicans.
- For technical activities, employees must be Mexicans unless there exists a particular and specific speciality which only can be performed by a foreign person, but only temporarily.
- Foreign workers are obligated to provide training to Mexicans in the speciality area dominated by them.
- All the medics in companies must be Mexicans.
Foreign people in Mexico require special permission from Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM) to perform profitable activities in the country. There are also permissions to stay in Mexico without performing profitable activities such as studying.
We offer solutions which allow hiring foreign people in your company to be an uncomplicated process and that you can include in your business’ work force that specialists a foreign citizen can provide.