Article 28-B Federal Labor Law

In the case of Mexican employees recruited and selected in Mexico, for a specific job abroad of determined duration, who are placed by private entities, the following rules shall be observed:

I.The employee placement agencies must be duly authorized and registered, as applicable, in accordance with the provisions of the applicable legal provisions;

II.The employee placement agencies must ascertain:

a)The veracity of the general working conditions that are offered, as well as those relating to housing, social security and repatriation to which the employees will be subject. Said conditions must be decent and must not imply discrimination of any type; and

b)That the applicants have carried out the procedures for the issuance of the visa or work permit by the consular or immigration authority of the country where the service is to be provided;

III.The placement agencies must inform the employees about the consular protection to which they are entitled and the location of the Mexican Embassy or consulates in the corresponding country, in addition to the competent authorities to which they may turn to assert their rights in the destination country.

In the cases in which the employees have been deceived regarding the working conditions offered, the employee placement agencies shall be responsible for bearing the respective repatriation expenses.

The Federal Labor Inspection (Inspección Federal del Trabajo) shall monitor compliance with the obligations contained in this article.