Article 700 Federal Labor Law

The competence by reason of territory is governed by the following norms:

I.(Repealed).

II.In the individual conflicts, the plaintiff may choose between:

a)The Court of the place of execution of the contract;

b)The Court of the domicile of any of the defendants, and

c)The Court of the place of rendering of the services; if these were rendered in several places, it shall be the Court of the last of them.

III.In the collective conflicts of federal jurisdiction, the Federal Court shall be competent; in the collective conflicts of local jurisdiction, the Local Court of the place in which the enterprise or establishment is located shall hear;

IV.When dealing with the cancellation of the registration of a labor union, the Federal Court whose assignment is the closest to its domicile;

V.In the conflicts between employers or employees among themselves, the Court of the domicile of the defendant, and

VI.When the defendant is a labor union, the Federal Court or the Local Court closest to its domicile, as corresponds to the nature of the action brought.