- The IMSS general director said that the application was well received to house this international meeting that takes place every three years.
- He highlighted the increase in the minimum wage and the implementation of the universal pension for people over 65.
- He highlighted various strategies to expand coverage and labor inclusion, such as the House by House Health Program and the Registry of Digital Platform Workers.
The general director of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), Zoé Robledo, presented in Malaysia the postulation of Mexico to organize in 2028 the World Social Security Forum (WSSF), an international event that will be of great relevance for Latin America.
“The negotiations began and there is much talk about what is happening in our country, not only for this possibility of having a world forum in three years, but also because of the advances we have had in social security matters with the fourth transformation,” he said.
Within the framework of the WSSF 2025 that is held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Zoé Robledo said that the request of Mexico was well received to house this international meeting that takes place every three years.
During the inauguration of the forum in the capital of Malaysia, the IMSS general director presented the process of transformation of the social security system of Mexico from 2018.
Zoé Robledo said that among the economic achievements that directly impact social security, the increase to the minimum wage, which between 2018 and 2024 increased by 135% in real terms. The daily salary went from $ 88.36 pesos to $ 278 pesos without generating inflation.
In addition, the universal pension for people over 65 is another factor to strengthen social security. Each bimester the beneficiaries receive $ 6,200 pesos.
He recalled that in 2021 the abusive subcontracting that eluded the distribution of profits was eliminated and this allowed to migrate 3 million workers to the mandatory social security regime, which represents an estimated impact of 21 billion pesos for the IMSS.
He explained that during the mandate of President Claudia Sheinbaum a special emphasis has been placed on the expansion of coverage and labor inclusion. It works on the construction of a new care system, where the goal is to build a thousand centers of education and child care (CECI), with a capacity of 500 thousand places for girls and boys from 43 days to 4 years.
On the other hand, he said that President Claudia Sheinbaum’s government impleme
They visit people’s homes to make a preventive health check; The goal is to cover 11 million homes.
The IMSS General Director indicated that another fundamental initiative for the Government of Mexico in health is the HEALTHY HAVAR PREVENTIVE PROGRAM, lives happy, which seeks to combat overweight and childhood obesity through weight softening, size, visual acuity and oral health in primary schools.
On the other hand, Zoé Robledo explained that since 2023, the Social Security Law allows voluntary assurance for self -employed workers. This program already records more than one million independent workers, adding more than 800 thousand beneficiaries, including 15,000 from the United States.
As for working people from the home, he said that 58 thousand 180 household workers have secured under the five insurance of the IMSS regime, establishing the obligation to protect workers.
He explained that the registration before the IMSS of digital platform workers was recently implemented in Mexico, a new operational model that requires the platforms to register as patterns and affiliate employees when they exceed the minimum net income.
He said that to date 1.3 million people have been secured. Of these, 130 thousand exceed the threshold of the minimum wage and enjoy complete coverage.
This international event held in Malaysia was attended by more than 1,500 participants from 130 countries.
