Article 587 Federal Labor Law
TITLE ELEVEN. Labor Authorities and Social Services · CHAPTER IX. National commission for the participation of employees in the profits of the enterprises
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 14 May 2026
For the review of the percentage, the Commission shall meet:
I.By call issued by the Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare, when there are studies and research that justify it; and
II.At the request of the labor unions, federations or confederations of employees or of the employers, after compliance with the following requirements:
a)The request must be submitted to the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare by the labor unions, federations or confederations that represent at least fifty-one percent of the unionized employees, or by the employers that have in their service said percentage of employees.
b)The request shall contain an exposition of the causes and grounds that justify it and shall be accompanied by the corresponding studies and documents.
c)The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, within the following ninety days, shall verify the requirement of the majority.
d)Once said requirement is verified, the same Ministry, within the following thirty days, shall call the employees and employers for the election of their representatives.