In December 2024, Mexico’s government passed groundbreaking labour reforms to protect workers in the platform economy, such as those driving for Uber or delivering for Rappi. Overseen by the country’s newly-elected (and first ever female) president, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, the reforms recognise platform workers as employees, granting them access to social security benefits and collective bargaining, rights to profits, and other labour protections. This shift challenges the traditional model of gig work, which has often left workers in a legal grey area, without access to basic labour rights. Author: Kruskaya Hidalgo