Article 581 Federal Labor Law

The Council of Representatives has the following duties and powers:

I.To determine, within the fifteen days following its installation, its form of work and the frequency of the sessions,

II.To approve the work plan of the Technical Office and to request from it that it carry out complementary research and studies;

III.To carry out and conduct directly the research and studies it deems appropriate for the better fulfillment of its function;

IV.To request directly, when it deems appropriate, the reports and studies referred to in Article 584, section II;

V.To request the opinion of the associations of employees and employers;

VI.To receive the suggestions and studies submitted to it by the employees and the employers;

VII.To appoint one or several commissions or technicians to carry out research and conduct special studies;

VIII.To gather all the other elements it deems necessary or appropriate;

IX.To determine and review the percentage that must correspond to the employees in the profits of the enterprises; and

X.The others conferred on it by the laws.