Article 684-F Federal Labor Law

The conciliator shall have the following attributions and obligations:

I.Issue the summons to the conciliation hearing, in accordance with the provisions of this Law;

II.Approve or dismiss, as the case may be, the causes of justification for non-attendance at the conciliation hearing, based on the elements provided to him/her;

III.Communicate to the parties the purpose, scope and limits of the conciliation;

IV.Exhort the parties to present formulas of arrangement;

V.Evaluate the requests of the interested parties in order to determine the most adequate form to formulate proposals of arrangement, without this implying the imposition of agreements;

VI.Draft, review and sanction the agreements or covenants reached by the parties;

VII.Prepare the record in which the holding of conciliation hearings shall be certified and attest, where applicable, to the delivery to the employee of the amounts or benefits agreed;

VIII.Issue the records of the conciliation hearings under his/her charge, authorize the agreements reached by the parties, and the records of non-conciliation in those cases in which it is not possible. Issue the certified copies of the agreements and the records of their compliance;

IX.Ensure and verify that in the agreements reached by the parties the rights of the employees are not impaired. The foregoing without prejudice to seeking their enhancement with a social rights perspective;

X.Supervise that the conciliation processes in which he/she intervenes do not affect the rights of third parties and provisions of public order, and

XI.The others that this Law and other applicable regulations establish.