Article 557 Federal Labor Law

The Council of Representatives has the following duties and attributions:

I.To determine, in the first session, its form of work and the frequency of the sessions;

II.To approve annually the work plan of the Technical Directorate;

III.To know the opinion formulated by the Technical Directorate and to issue a resolution in which the geographic areas in which the minimum wages shall govern are determined or modified. The resolution shall be published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF);

IV.To carry out and conduct directly the investigations and studies it deems convenient and to request from the Technical Directorate that it carry out complementary investigations and studies;

V.To designate one or several commissions or technicians so that they carry out investigations or conduct special studies;

VI.To approve the creation of consultative commissions of the National Commission and to determine the bases for their integration and functioning.

VII.To know the opinions formulated by the consultative commissions at the end of their works;

VIII.To set the general and professional minimum wages; and

IX.The others conferred on it by the laws.