According to the National Employment Survey (ENOE) developed by the Mexican National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), informal employment is raising to disturbing numbers.

Even though the unemployment rate have tended to drop, figures linked to employment quality are rather discouraging.

During the 1Q 2016 there were 2.1 million unemployed people, which represent 4.2% of the working population, the lowest rate since the 3Q 2008.

When looking closer to the 50.7 million employed Mexicans, the numbers start to show a different reality. Almost 32 million workers do not have health insurance and over 29 million have an informal job. Informal employment has grown 1.5% comparing to the 1Q 2015.

 “Mexico’s informal labour figures are unacceptable. The country is enduring economic, social, tax and reputation consequences. Mexico needs to generate a more formal, transparent, dynamic and flexible labour market” said Martin Padulla, founder and managing director of staffingamericalatina.

 “Members of the Mexican Association of Staffing Firms (AMECH), which are formal staffing firms, are a high quality, flexible tool that can contribute to make employment more dynamic and reduce the country’s informality levels”, added Padulla.