Article 15 Federal Labor Law
TITLE ONE. General Principles
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 14 May 2026
The natural or legal persons that provide the services of subcontracting must have registration before the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare. To obtain the registration they must prove that they are up to date with their tax and social security obligations.
The registration mentioned in this article must be renewed every three years.
The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare must rule on the registration application within twenty days following its receipt, and if it does not do so, the applicants may request it to issue the corresponding resolution, within the three days following the filing of the request. Once said period has elapsed without the resolution being notified, the registration shall be deemed made for the legal purposes to which it gives rise.
The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare shall deny or cancel at any time the registration of those natural or legal persons that do not comply with the requirements provided by this Law.
The natural or legal persons that obtain the registration referred to in this article shall be entered in a registry, which must be public and be available on an Internet portal.
The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare shall issue the provisions of a general character that determine the procedures related to the registration referred to in this article.