Article 429 Federal Labor Law
TITLE SEVEN. Collective Employment Relationships · CHAPTER VII. Collective suspension of employment relationships
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 14 May 2026
In the cases indicated in Article 427, the following rules shall be observed:
I.If it concerns section I, the employer or his representative shall give notice of the suspension to the Court, so that the latter, following the procedure set forth in the Special Collective Procedure established in Article 897 and subsequent articles of this Law, approves or disapproves it;
II.If it concerns sections III to V, the employer, prior to the suspension, must obtain the authorization of the Court, in accordance with the provisions for collective conflicts of an economic nature;
III.If it concerns sections II and VI, the employer, prior to the suspension, must obtain the authorization of the Court, in accordance with the provisions contained in the special collective procedure established in Article 897 and subsequent articles of this Law, and
IV.If it concerns section VII, the employer shall not require approval or authorization of the Court and shall be obliged to pay his employees compensation equivalent to one day of the general minimum wage in force, for each day that the suspension lasts, without it being able to exceed one month.