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Mexico's NMX-R-025 Workplace Equality Certification — Over 1 Million Workers Covered

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 68% 52/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Mexico's voluntary NMX-R-025-SCFI-2015 standard certifies workplaces on pay equity and non-discrimination across 14 requirements. A decade on, 776 workplaces are certified, covering over 1,054,000 workers (47% women), though independent pay-gap outcome data is scarce.

776
Certified workplaces (Oct 2025)
1,054,000+
Workers covered (Oct 2025)
47 %
Share of covered workers who are women (Oct 2025)

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (STPS) / CONAPRED / INMUJERES
Period
2015-present
Keywords
public sector, labour regulation, workplace certification, human resources

Context

Mexico's NMX-R-025-SCFI-2015 standard, published by STPS with CONAPRED and INMUJERES since October 2015, is a voluntary labour-equality and non-discrimination certification for workplaces of any size.

Activities

To certify, a workplace must score at least 70 of 100 points across 14 requirements covering recruitment, pay equity, violence prevention, inclusive language and family-friendly policies, audited by accredited bodies.

Results

Ten years on, the government reported 776 certified workplaces as of October 2025, covering more than 1,054,000 workers, 47% of whom are women, with 101 additional workplaces recognised in 2025 alone.

Conclusions

The scheme measures adoption of equality processes, not verified pay-gap closure; no independent study of wage outcomes at certified workplaces was found.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Long (> 3 years)
Staffing & skills
accredited certifying bodies, STPS/CONAPRED/INMUJERES administrators

Conditions for success

  • public registry (Padrón Nacional)
  • 70/100 point threshold across 14 requirements

Common failure modes

  • measures process adoption, not verified pay-gap closure

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