Article 1004 Federal Labor Law
TITLE SIXTEEN. Responsibilities and Sanctions
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 14 May 2026
On the employing person in any industrial, field work, agricultural, mining, commercial or services undertaking that delivers to one or several of its field employees amounts lower than the wage set as general minimum or has delivered payment receipts that cover sums of money greater than those it actually delivered, the following penalties shall be imposed:
I.With imprisonment of six months to three years and a fine equivalent to up to 800 times the Unit of Measurement and Updating, in accordance with the provisions of Article 992, when the amount of the omission does not exceed the amount of one month of general minimum wage of the corresponding geographic area of application;
II.With imprisonment of six months to three years and a fine equivalent to up to 1600 times the Unit of Measurement and Updating, in accordance with the provisions of Article 992, when the amount of the omission is greater than the amount of thirty times the Unit of Measurement and Updating, but does not exceed three months of general minimum wage of the corresponding geographic area of application, and
III.With imprisonment of six months to four years and a fine equivalent to up to 3200 times the Unit of Measurement and Updating, in accordance with the provisions of Article 992, if the omission exceeds three months of general minimum wage of the corresponding geographic area of application.