Article 512-D Bis Federal Labor Law

For the case of the restriction of access or limitation in the operation in the risk areas detected referred to in article 541, section VI Bis of this Law, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, after carrying out the analysis of the report referred to in said provision and carrying out the steps it considers pertinent, shall resolve within the following 72 hours whether it lifts the restriction decreed or extends its duration, until the irregularities that motivated the suspension of activities are corrected, independently of the imposition of the corresponding economic sanction for non-compliance with the provisions on safety and hygiene at work.

Within the term referred to in the previous paragraph, the employer may state to the Ministry whatever is in his interest and offer the evidence he deems pertinent, which shall be taken into account by the authority at the moment of resolving.