Article 151 Federal Labor Law
TITLE FOUR. Rights and Obligations of Employees and Employers · CHAPTER III. Housing for employees
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 14 May 2026
When dwellings are leased to employees, the rent may not exceed one-half of one percent per month of the cadastral value of the property, and the following norms shall be observed:
I.The enterprises are obliged to keep them in conditions of habitability and to make the necessary and convenient repairs in a timely manner:
II.Employees have the following obligations:
a). To pay the rents.
b). To take care of the dwelling as if it were their own.
c). To inform the enterprise of the defects or deterioration they observe.
d). To vacate the dwellings upon termination of the employment relationships within a period of forty-five days, and
III.Employees are prohibited from:
a). Using the dwelling for purposes other than those indicated in this chapter.
b). Subletting the dwellings.