AI Training, Wellbeing, New Labor Metrics: Week in Talent

Mexico’s Ministry of Labor has launched a free AI training program to boost workforce skills, while Wellhub reports that employee wellbeing is now central to talent strategies worldwide. Mexico faces the challenge of preparing its healthcare workforce for an AI-driven future, as the Ministry of Education expands its national student health program to 5 million children. Meanwhile, the ILO is refining labor statistics by tracking dependent contractors, offering policymakers better insights into evolving work models.

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Preparing Mexico’s Healthcare Workforce for an AI-Driven Future

As AI transforms healthcare globally, Mexico faces a critical challenge: bridging the gap between traditional medical education and the skills required for the modern, technology-driven practice.

Mexico’s Ministry of Labor Launches Free AI Training Program

Mexico’s Ministry of Labor (STPS) has introduced a free online course on AI aimed at workers and employers across the country. The program seeks to strengthen workforce skills while supporting companies in meeting training requirements.

Wellbeing Becomes Central to Talent Strategies in 2025: Wellhub

Employee wellbeing has become a decisive factor in workforce management as companies face growing pressure to provide benefits beyond pay. According to Wellhub’s 2025 Business Wellness Outlook report, which surveyed over 5,000 full-time workers globally and 550 in Mexico, wellbeing is no longer an optional perk but a requirement for attracting and retaining talent.

SEP Launches Phase Two of National Student Health Program

Mexico’s Ministry of Public Education (SEP) has launched the second phase of its national strategy Vive saludable, vive feliz (Live healthy, live happy), which will assess the health of 5 million students between September and December 2025. The initiative, part of the Nueva Escuela Mexicana framework, aims to strengthen schools as healthy environments and reduce risks associated with addictions.

ILO Shifts Measures to Track Contractors to Help Policymakers

A new statistical category, dependent contractors, is emerging in labor data, highlighting workers who are neither traditional employees nor fully self-employed. The International Labour Organization (ILO) introduced the classification in 2018 to better capture these “intermediate” workers and their labor conditions.