Article 158 Federal Labor Law
TITLE FOUR. Rights and Obligations of Employees and Employers · CHAPTER IV. Rights of preference, seniority and promotion
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 14 May 2026
Permanent employees and those mentioned in article 156 have the right, in each enterprise or establishment, for their seniority to be determined.
A commission integrated with representatives of the employees and of the employer shall formulate the general table of seniorities, distributed by categories of each profession or trade, and shall order that it be given publicity. Employees who disagree may formulate objections before the commission and appeal the resolution before the Court.