Article 331 Bis Federal Labor Law
TITLE SIX. Special Jobs · CHAPTER XIII. Domestic Workers
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 14 May 2026
The hiring for domestic work of adolescents under fifteen years of age is prohibited.
In the case of adolescents older than fifteen years, for their hiring the employer must:
I.Request a medical certificate issued by a public health institution at least twice a year.
II.Fix working days that do not exceed, under no circumstance, six (6) daily hours of labor and thirty-six (36) weekly hours.
III.Avoid the hiring of adolescent persons older than fifteen years who have not concluded at least secondary education, except that the employing person takes charge of their finishing it.
In the case in which the adolescent resides in the domicile where they perform their activities and provides their services for a single person, it must be guaranteed that the space where they spend the night is safe.
All that is provided in this article is subject to the supervision of the competent labor authority.