Article 537 Federal Labor Law
TITLE ELEVEN. Labor Authorities and Social Services · CHAPTER IV. On the National Employment Service
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 14 May 2026
The National Employment Service shall have the following objectives:
I.To study and promote the operation of public policies that support the generation of employment;
II.To promote and design mechanisms for the follow-up of the placement of employees;
III.To organize, promote and supervise policies, strategies and programs directed at the training and instruction of employees;
IV.To register the certificates of labor skills;
V.To link labor and professional training with the demand of the productive sector;
VI.To design, conduct and evaluate specific programs to generate employment opportunities for young people and groups in vulnerable situations; and
VII.To coordinate with the competent authorities the regime of standardization and certification of labor competence.