Article 488 Federal Labor Law

The employer is excepted from the obligations determined by the previous article, in the following cases and with the following modalities:

I.If the accident occurs while the employee is in a state of drunkenness;

II.If the accident occurs while the employee is under the effect of some narcotic or stupefying drug, unless there is a medical prescription and the employee has brought the fact to the employer's knowledge and has presented him with the prescription signed by the physician;

III.If the employee intentionally causes himself an injury by himself alone or in agreement with another person; and

IV.If the disability is the result of a brawl or suicide attempt.

The employer remains in all cases obliged to provide first aid and to ensure the transfer of the employee to his domicile or to a medical center.