Negotiations over the legality of outsourcing in Mexico and potential changes to the law are continuing, and Luisa María Alcalde, head of the Mexican Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, reported an agreement will be reached soon, writes Elias Micha, CEO of TallentiaMX, in El Economista (in Spanish). Outsourcing is a term in Mexico that can include staffing; last year, Mexico’s president proposed banning the practice outright amid concerns about labor abuses.