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ManpowerGroup Talent Solutions: Global QMR Q3 2023 | 10 Strategic Update on Americas North America Latin America • Mexico's Labor Department issued new rules requiring employers to pay for internet and provide ergonomic chairs for employees working from home. The new rules also mandate a "right to disconnect" for employees who work at least 40% of their time from remote locations. The Labor Department said employers are responsible for paying for the electricity, printers and other equipment used when working at home. According to the new rules, if an employee's home is not safe, well-lit and well-ventilated, they cannot be forced to work there. Inspectors can visit a worker's home, or employees may be asked to take pictures of their home, to prove that it meets labor requirements. Remote workers cannot be paid less than those who go to an office, and they must have set work hours. • The United States' labor movement won a useful victory with a decision by the National Labor Relations Board that will make unionization easier at firms that break the law while resisting organizing campaigns. The new framework means companies that are found to have committed illegal acts during unionization-election efforts will be forced to immediately bargain with the union rather than just have to run the election again – which is what happened previously. Labor unions and worker advocates have praised the decision as a step in the right direction toward protecting workers' rights to organize amid widespread union opposition and union busting in the United States. • Brazil sanctioned Law n. 14,611/2023, which aims to ensure equal payment for women and men who perform the same activities. Among other new provisions, the new law amends Article 461 of the Labor Code to expressly provide for mandatory equal payment and remuneration criteria for women and men who perform the same work or work of equal value. In case of discrimination on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, origin or age, in addition to salary differences, the employer will be subject to a fine of 10 times the new monthly salary owed by the employer (doubled in case of recurrence), plus a possible indemnification for moral damages. This fine represents a substantial increase over what was previously provided for in the Labor Code, which was limited to 50% of the maximum social security annual pension. Companies with 100 or more employees are required to publish biannual pay transparency and remuneration criteria reports, including data on the proportion of women and men in management roles. • Consulting firm Ecolatina found that almost 10% of workers in Argentina (roughly 2 million people) have more than one job - a trend that has grown by 25% since 2018. This means that polyworking is more pervasive than unemployment, which affects only 7% of the economically active population. 45% of Argentina's population is currently employed, an unprecedented record- high, but this has come at a cost: jobs with poor working conditions and low salaries - due to inflation. Workers' incomes have fallen close to 20% since 2017. ManpowerGroup Talent Solutions: Global QMR Q3 2023 | 10