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- Use the planner to place annual leave immediately before or after public holidays and weekends; then confirm the exact holiday calendar and entitlement with your employer before booking.
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🇲🇽Mexico
After more than one year of service, paid annual vacation is at least 12 working days. It rises by two days for each subsequent year until 20, then by two days for each further five-year service band.
Statutory paid annual leave12 working days after the first year, increasing with serviceAnnual-leave context
Comparable 5-day-week equivalent12 days at year 1; 20 at 5 years; 22 at 10 yearsNormalized comparison value; see method below.
Official sourceVerifiedMexico — Diario Oficial de la Federación
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Legal basis and comparison method
After more than one year of service, paid annual vacation is at least 12 working days. It rises by two days for each subsequent year until 20, then by two days for each further five-year service band.
Equivalent by service length
| 1st year / first full entitlement | 12 days |
| 2 years | 14 days |
| 5 years | 20 days |
| 10 years | 22 days |
| 20+ years | 26 days |
Simplified comparison points. Actual legal thresholds may use anniversaries, cumulative service, education credits or other rules.
Regional and calendar caveats
The planner combines weekends with supported public-holiday data and can use first-level regional calendars where the dataset provides them. Employer-specific, municipal and sector-specific days can still differ.
Official employment source: Mexico — Diario Oficial de la Federación. Open official guidance ↗
This is a planning aid, not employment-law advice. Entitlement can depend on tenure, work pattern, sector, contract, collective agreement and regional law.
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The planner combines weekends with supported public-holiday data and can use first-level regional calendars where the dataset provides them. Employer-specific, municipal and sector-specific days can still differ.
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