LFT · Article 196

Article 196 Federal Labor Law

TITLE SIX. Special Jobs · CHAPTER III. Employees of vessels

Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 14 May 2026

The employment relationship by voyage shall comprise the term counted from the embarkation of the employee until concluding the unloading of the ship or the disembarkation of passengers in the port that is agreed upon.

If it is for a determined or undetermined time, the port to which the employee must be restored shall be fixed, and in the absence thereof, the one of the place where he was taken shall be considered as indicated.

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Federal Labor Law, Article 196. https://articuladomx.com/en/federal-labor-law/article-196/

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Corpus 2026.10.08