We are pleased to inform that, effective on January 1, 2022, José Genaro Pérez Velázquez will join Marván González Graf y González Larrazolo, S.C. as a partner of the Firm.

Genaro has a law degree with over 9 years of experience in labor law focused on the corporate sector. Since joining the firm in 2012, he has worked closely with the other partners in a wide range of labor disputes.

Since the opening of our Guadalajara office in 2014, he has been in charge of MGGL’s operations in the office, and represented clients in over 1,000 labor lawsuits. His experience includes advising and coordinating the transfer of employees following M&A transactions, lawsuits promoted by senior management employees, collective labor lawsuits and assistance with labor inspections.

He graduated in June 2012 with honors from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and in 2018 obtained a Master's Degree in Public Law with specialization in Labor Law, as well as Constitutional and Amparo Law, at the Universidad Panamericana campus in Guadalajara. In 2021, he completed her Master's Degree in Business Law at the same institution.

At MGGL, the consistency and availability of our team allows us to handle the constant flow of information and the multiple challenges the labor market is currently facing. Always oriented towards the highest standards of service, at MGGL we currently have more than 80 labor law specialists, including 6 partners. In addition to our offices in Mexico City and Guadalajara, we operate in more than 50 cities through our network of correspondents.

On December 1, 2021, the Board of Representatives of the National Minimum Wage Commission unanimously agreed that as of January 1, 2022, a 22% increase in the minimum wage will become effective, comprised of an "Independent Recovery Amount" that seeks to contribute to the recovery of the purchasing power of the minimum wage and an "Adjustment Factor" corresponding to the rounding of year-end inflation plus two percentage points:

Therefore, the minimum wage will be $260.34 pesos per day in the Northern Border Free Zone and $172.87 pesos per day in the rest of the country, such percentage increase will also be applied to the professional minimum wages listed by the National Minimum Wage Commission.

The decision was taken considering the drop in Gross Domestic Product and inflation caused by the suspension of activities derived from the COVID-19 pandemic and seeks to support Mexican workers, especially the most disadvantaged groups, and to help the recovery from the economic crisis we are going through.

It should be noted that the National Minimum Wage Commission clarified that the Independent Recovery Amount should not be considered as a reference for setting wages in collective bargaining.