minimum wage

The daily minimum wage will increase from 73.04 pesos to 80.04 pesos, around 3.85 dollars per day, starting on January 1.

The bill will bump the state's US$10 hourly minimum by 50 cents next year and to US$11 in 2018.

In a radio interview Mexico City mayor said that the proposal is supported by 18 states of the country.

The National Minimum Wage Commission (Conasami) agreed to standardize the country's A and B economic zones.

Some economists, activists and regulators predict that without stronger enforcement, the number of workers getting cheated out of a legal wage is bound to increase in places where wages rise.