Article 42 Federal Labor Law

The following are grounds for temporary suspension of the obligations to provide the service and pay the wage, without liability for the employee and the employer:

I.The contagious illness of the employee;

II.The temporary disability caused by an accident or illness that does not constitute an occupational hazard;

III.The preventive imprisonment of the employee followed by an acquittal judgment (sentencia). If the employee acted in defense of the person or of the interests of the employer, the latter shall have the obligation to pay the wages that the former ceased to receive;

IV.The arrest of the employee;

V.The fulfillment of the services and the performance of the positions mentioned in Article 5o of the Constitution, and that of the obligations set forth in Article 31, section III of the same Constitution;

VI.The designation of the employees as representatives before state bodies, the National Minimum Wage Commission (Comisión Nacional de los Salarios Mínimos), the National Commission for the Participation of the Employees in the Profits of the Enterprises (Comisión Nacional para la Participación de los Trabajadores en las Utilidades de las Empresas) and other similar ones;

VII.The Lack (sic DOF 04-06-2019) of the documents required by the Laws and regulations, necessary for the provision of the service, when attributable to the employee;

VIII.The conclusion of the season in the case of the employees hired under this modality, and

IX.The leave referred to in Article 140 Bis of the Social Security Law.