Article 41 Federal Labor Law
TITLE TWO. Individual Employment Relationships · CHAPTER II. Duration of employment relationships
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 14 May 2026
The substitution of employer shall not affect the employment relationships of the company or establishment. The substituted employer shall be jointly liable with the new one for the obligations derived from the employment relationships and from the Law, born before the date of the substitution, up to the term of six months; once this has concluded, only the liability of the new employer shall subsist.
The term of six months referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be counted from the date on which notice of the substitution was given to the labor union or to the employees.
In order for the employer substitution to take effect, the goods that are the object of the company or establishment must be transmitted to the substitute employer.