Article 527 Federal Labor Law

The application of the work norms corresponds to the federal authorities, when it deals with:

I.Industrial and service branches:

1.Textile;

2.Electrical;

3.Cinematographic;

4.Rubber;

5.Sugar;

6.Mining;

7.Metallurgical and iron and steel, covering the exploitation of the basic minerals, the processing and smelting of the same, as well as the obtaining of metallic iron and steel in all their forms and alloys and the laminated products of the same;

8.Hydrocarbons;

9.Petrochemical;

10.Cement;

11.Lime;

12.Automotive, including mechanical or electrical auto parts;

13.Chemical, including pharmaceutical chemistry and medicines;

14.Cellulose and paper;

15.Vegetable oils and fats;

16.Food producer, covering exclusively the manufacture of those that are packed, canned or bottled or that are destined for that;

17.Processor of beverages that are bottled or canned or that are destined for that;

18.Railway;

19.Basic lumber, comprising the sawmill production and the manufacture of plywood or agglomerates of wood;

20.Glass, exclusively as regards the manufacture of flat, smooth or worked glass or of glass containers;

21.Tobacco, comprising the processing or manufacture of tobacco products; and

22.Banking and credit services.

II.Companies:

1.Those that are administered in a direct or decentralized form by the Federal Government;

2.Those that act by virtue of a contract, or federal concession and the industries that are connected to them. For the effects of this provision, those companies that have as their object the administration and exploitation of public services or goods of the State in a regular and continuous form, for the satisfaction of the collective interest, through any administrative act issued by the federal government, are considered to act under federal concession, and

3.Those that execute work in federal zones or that are found under federal jurisdiction, in the territorial waters or in those comprised in the exclusive economic zone of the Nation.

The federal authorities shall also be competent for matters relating to the compliance with the employer obligations in the matters of training and instruction of their employees and of safety and hygiene in the work centers.

The Registry Authority shall be competent to know only the acts and procedures relating to the registry of all the collective contracts, internal work regulations and of the labor unions.