MEXICO CITY (REUTERS)

Mexico's Congress approved a bill to ​gradually reduce the workweek from 48 to 40 hours.

The Chamber of Deputies ⁠approved ​late the general outline of the bill late on Tuesday, with the support of ‌469 lawmakers; none voted against.

The reform won ‌general approval earlier this month in the Senate, where the ​ruling Morena party holds a strong majority.

Opposition lawmakers had expressed concerns about the bill, but after a session that ‌lasted more than ​10 hours, they joined Morena and endorsed the reform to gradually reduce the workweek.

After years ​of ‌back-and-forth ⁠between ‌lawmakers and private businesses, ‌President Claudia Sheinbaum finally introduced the proposal in ⁠December; it aims to gradually ​implement a 40-hour workweek by reducing the workweek by two hours per year until 2030, benefiting some 13.4 million workers.