Article 541 Federal Labor Law

The Labor Inspectors have the following duties and attributions:

I.To oversee the compliance with the labor standards, especially those that establish the rights and obligations of employees and employers, those that regulate the work of women and minors, and those that determine the preventive measures of occupational hazards, safety and hygiene;

II.To visit the companies and establishments during the working hours, day or night, upon prior identification;

III.To question, alone or before witnesses, the employees and employers, on any matter related to the application of the labor standards;

IV.To require the presentation of books, registers or other documents required by the labor standards;

V.Repealed.

V Bis. To assist the Conciliation Centers and corresponding Courts, carrying out the proceedings requested of it in matters of labor standards;

VI.To order the elimination of the defects proven in the installations and work methods when they constitute a violation of the labor standards or a danger for the safety or health of the employees;

VI Bis. To order, upon prior consultation with the General Directorate of Federal Labor Inspection, the adoption of the safety measures of immediate application in case of imminent danger for the life, the health or the integrity of the persons. In this case, if so authorized, the Inspectors must decree the restriction of access or limit the operation in the risk areas detected. In this case, they must give a copy of the determination to the employer for the legal effects that proceed.

Within the following 24 hours, the Labor Inspectors, under their most strict responsibility, shall send a detailed report in writing to the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, with a copy of the same to the employer.

VI Ter. In the case of the Federal Labor Inspection, to assist the Federal Center for Conciliation and Labor Registration and the federal Court, in the proceedings requested of it in matters of freedom of association, election of leaders and of representativeness in collective bargaining;

VII.To examine the substances and materials used in the companies and establishments when it concerns dangerous work; and

VIII.The others conferred on them by the laws.

The Labor Inspectors must punctually comply with the instructions they receive from their hierarchical superiors in relation to the exercise of their functions.