LFT · Article 50

Article 50 Federal Labor Law

TITLE TWO. Individual Employment Relationships · CHAPTER IV. Termination of employment relationships for cause

Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 14 May 2026

The compensation (indemnity) referred to in the preceding article shall consist of:

I.If the employment relationship is for a determined time of less than one year, an amount equal to the amount of the wages of half of the time of services provided; if it exceeds one year, an amount equal to the amount of the wages of six months for the first year and of twenty days for each of the following years in which he has provided his services;

II.If the employment relationship is for an indeterminate time, the compensation (indemnity) shall consist of twenty days of wage for each of the years of services provided;

III.In addition to the compensation (indemnity) referred to in the preceding sections, the amount of three months of wage and the payment of the accrued wages and interest, where applicable, in the terms provided in Article 48 of this Law, and

IV.For the employees of digital platforms the compensation (indemnity) shall consist of three months of wage. Additionally, twenty days of wage shall be paid for each of the years of services provided, taking into account the time effectively worked, as established in Article 291-D of the same body of law and the accrued wages and interest, where applicable, in the terms provided in Article 48 of this Law.

How to cite

Federal Labor Law, Article 50. https://articuladomx.com/en/federal-labor-law/article-50/

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Corpus 2026.10.08